This cultivar of the popular blue phlox has round, full flowers with overlapping petals. It is noteworthy for its particularly rich blue-violet color. Use it in rock gardens or alpine houses, in a dry wall, or as edging.
Blue phlox (Phlox divaricata, Zone 4) Lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis, Zone 4)
Spotted geranium (Geranium maculatum, Zone 4) Leopard's bane (Doronicum columnae, Zone 4)
Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis, Zone 2) Delphinium Elatum group (Zone 4) ...
Wild Blue Phlox
by Dorothy J. Pellett
Blossoms can vary in color from blue through pinks to pure white.
Blue Phlox [English]: Phlox divaricata
Blue Phlox [English]: Phlox divaricata laphamii 'Chattahoochee'
Blue Phlox [English]: Phlox alyssifolia
Blue Pickerel [English]: Pontederia cordata
Blue Piecrust Hosta [English]: Hosta 'Blue Piecrust' ...
Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum)
Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Wild Ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii)
Wild Hyacinth (Scilla siberica)
Wild Lilac (Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman') ...
It quickly forms a groundcover of bright green leaves through which a multitude of other wildflowers can grow, such as false Solomon's seal, wild geranium, spring beauty, blue cohosh, wild columbine, wild blue phlox, and even ferns.
might include butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium dubium), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida), ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis), wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) and many others.
 See also: Phlox, May, Green, Evergreen, Violet
  
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