Phlox

So many lovely varieties!

When I first moved to the Northeast, it was spring, and creeping phlox was in bloom in many of my neighbor’s yards, spreading across flower beds and spilling over retaining walls. That color—bluer than lavender, paler than violets, more delicate than delphiniums, I loved it. Phlox comes in many colors, but the classic for creeping phlox seems to be that…