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Tennessee
Carolina Phlox in flower
Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0 · source

Carolina Phlox

Phlox carolina

It grows wild in 12 of Tennessee’s 95 counties.

Light
Full shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to wet soil
Size
2.5 ft to 3 ft tall, 1.8 ft wide
Flowers
Pink
Leaves
Deciduous
Kind
Wildflower
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Carolina Phlox, drawn in a bed

in flowerfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Caterpillars
8 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
6 kinds of native bees
Birds
2 kinds of birds
On its flowers
Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), Mining bee (Andrena erigeniae)

Grows well with

Heartleaf Aster2.5 ft tallNew Jersey Tea2.5 ft tallBluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallCalico Aster3 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallBlack Huckleberry2 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Phlox carolina.