Texas Gardening: Let's see your Natives and Wildflowers, 1 by charlenesplants

charlenesplants wrote:
Another favorite. I saw this growing in a patch and nearly died until I could turn around and go back for it. It was on an old farm to market road with no traffic thank goodness! I just got one flower with a root. There were only two growing there and one was really branched out and the one I got was a new seedling I suppose. That was last year. This photo is this year and mine is all branched out and only one root. I want to take cuttings, but I am afraid to "hurt" it. I am thinking I will try layering it.

This phlox stands out as pretty as a rose bush with it's never ending red blooms. So far it has just added more and more blooms and none have fallen off. It is quite impressive and my DH says if I don't quit saying so he is ready to ........who knows what he is ready for? LOL I just can't help expressing my excitement over getting one little flower and this is the return.