We bought one from Heritage Flower Farm.
This is the information that was included:
Phlox buckleyi
Sword leaf Phlox
Z. 4-8
Sprays of mauve, pink or purple in May-June
Size: 8- 18” x 12”
Care: sun to part shade in any soil
Native: Virginia & West Virginia
Described and named by Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885-1982), unflagging naturalist in the finest tradition of wide interests in the natural world. After getting his Ph.D in 1909 in geology-mineralogy he became Asst. Curator of Minerals for the Smithsonian. In 8 years he transferred to the USDA Bureau of Chemistry, becoming its principal chemist. He left in 1930 to accept an appointment as botany professor at U. Penn., where he taught botany and ecology for 25 years.
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