noun

• A North American plant that typically has dense clusters of colourful scented flowers, widely grown as an alpine or border plant.

  Genus Phlox, family Polemoniaceae

  ‘Creeping phlox, thyme and aubrietia grow between terrace stones, in typical English fashion, next to a creeping bent lawn.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘If you pick perennial plants, like the alpine phlox or gazania, then you can divide them and propagate them throughout the border.’
  • ‘Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.’
  • ‘Set out transplants of campanula, candytuft, catmint, coreopsis, delphinium, dianthus, foxglove, penstemon, phlox, salvia, and yarrow.’
  • ‘I had them all this summer - a ladybird poppy, lupin, phlox, busy Lizzie, begonia, fuchsia and foxglove and many, many more.’
  • ‘Primula foliage is still as crisp as lettuce, the creeping phlox looks as good as new, and so does the evergreen candytuft.’
  • ‘This year, I cut it back to the ground in early spring, and it responded by towering above my summer phlox, even challenging the clematis Henryii growing on a neighboring trellis.’
  • ‘I planted tall perennial phlox and purple coneflowers behind the Jupiter's-beard to provide color and nectar in July and August.’
  • ‘The combination of pink and yellow irritated me the whole time they were flowering; I have been eagerly awaiting cooler, wetter weather so that I can move the phlox to another border where their bright flowers will blend in more easily.’
  • ‘It must have something to do with the good summer we've had - they arrived with the flowering of a large Buddleia, and have stayed on, feeding on golden rod, phlox, Echinacea, verbena, bergamot and aster.’
  • ‘The pretty pink of alpine phlox is an attractive border and the plants can be divided and planted again and again.’
  • ‘Nestled in the alpine tundra are countless dwarf plants with names like phlox, moss campion, and forget-me-not.’
  • ‘Geraniums, phloxes, eupatoriums and hemerocallis are split less often - perhaps every three to four years.’
  • ‘Even zinnias, phlox and snapdragons are at risk.’
  • ‘The excised design of stems and foliage is glazed with a rich green and blue, while the phlox flowers at the top and lower sides of the panels have a pale ocher glaze.’
  • ‘Plant phlox in a sunny spot where it isn't crowded by other plants.’
  • ‘Bright red salvias, phlox, anthurium and balsam flower in profusion in neat rows, and no wonder Thangam won the first prize for her garden.’
  • ‘For red choose from annual phlox, celosia, dahlia, flowering tobacco, geranium, petunia, Salvia coccinea, or scarlet sage.’
  • ‘Among the other flowers in the 10,000-odd pots were dahlias, snapdragons, phlox and petunias.’
  • ‘This triggers the appearance of a number of wildflowers: trillium, phlox, trout lily, Dutchman's breeches, violets, wild strawberries and many more.’