FoliageGarden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata) is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 4-8, that matures to about 2-4 ft × 2-3 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect blue, pink and purple blooms in summer and fall. It attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, stands up well to black walnut and fire, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 4-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2-4 ft × 2-3 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Blue, Pink, Purple, Red, Variegated, White
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
- Tough against
- Black walnut, Fire
- Native to
- Eastern United States
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Garden Phlox is hardy to about -30°F (estimated from USDA zone 4), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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