Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Each spring as the Ohio woodlands wake up to new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. woodland phlox growing in shade - fotubi/Shutterstock When you think of phlox, you might picture the 5-foot-tall garden phlox ...

There are many varieties of phlox to grow, and they are excellent low-maintenance plants. In my work as a professional gardener, I often plant different kinds of phlox for clients who enjoy their ...

My favorite woodland flower just may be the wild blue phlox. Each spring its delicate pale purple flowers composed of five fragile petals welcome me on just about every hike I take into our Loess ...

Each spring as the Ohio woodlands wake up to new growth, one native species of phlox shows up in delightful shades of light blue, purple and, occasionally, white. Woodland phlox or wild blue phlox ...