Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Red ), 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
Drummond Phlox, Phlox drummondii, Polemoniaceae Family, annual endemic to Texas, scarlet red to deep velvety red, , 8" to 18" growing prostrate, may bloom bloom almost year round, prefers deep sandy soil, named after Thomas Drummond who gathered seed near Gonzales in 1834 to take back to England. There are six subspecies of P. drummondii, difficult to differentiate between them.

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