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plural phlox or phloxes
: any of a genus (Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae, the phlox family) of American annual or perennial herbs that have usually pink, purplish, white, or variegated flowers, a salverform corolla with the stamens on its tube, and a 3-valved capsular fruit
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Shrubs such as spirea, hydrangea and euonymus do well in most U.S. zones, as do perennials such as day lilies, phlox and false indigo.
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Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
All of this is set against the stone-silent beauty of Hedwig’s backyard garden, an Eden blooming with phlox, dahlia and roses.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
The small, delicate blooms of creeping phlox appear around March or April in the South.
—Katelyn Chef, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
Other native plant candidates for winter sowing, Schaller said, include bee balm, coneflower, goldenrod, blazing star, phlox and lobelia.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
Plant creeping phlox in rock gardens, along walls, and around garden edges.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2024
The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland and a wreath of flowers picked from the Balmoral estate, which included dahlias, sweet peas, phlox, white heather, and pine fir.
—Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Sep. 2022
This native, ground-hugging phlox grows in the Appalachian mountains from Canada down into Georgia.
—Katelyn Chef, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
And while bluebonnets, the state flower, are the favorite, there are also red Indian paintbrushes, yellow Mexican poppies and sunflowers, and pink phloxes, among others.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2024
Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
All of this is set against the stone-silent beauty of Hedwig’s backyard garden, an Eden blooming with phlox, dahlia and roses.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
The small, delicate blooms of creeping phlox appear around March or April in the South.
—Katelyn Chef, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
Other native plant candidates for winter sowing, Schaller said, include bee balm, coneflower, goldenrod, blazing star, phlox and lobelia.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
Plant creeping phlox in rock gardens, along walls, and around garden edges.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2024
The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland and a wreath of flowers picked from the Balmoral estate, which included dahlias, sweet peas, phlox, white heather, and pine fir.
—Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Sep. 2022
This native, ground-hugging phlox grows in the Appalachian mountains from Canada down into Georgia.
—Katelyn Chef, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
And while bluebonnets, the state flower, are the favorite, there are also red Indian paintbrushes, yellow Mexican poppies and sunflowers, and pink phloxes, among others.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2024
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phlox
noun
plural phlox or phloxes
: any of a genus of American herbs widely grown for their showy clusters of usually white, pink, or purplish flowers
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