Smell the Flowers Week 2: Phlox

Phlox pilosa by Bouba at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phlox_pilosa_jdp.jpg

Week 2, including the week of 1/14 through 1/20 of the Spring 2018 Smell the Flowers fitness challenge at Woodleaf United Methodist Church highlights downy phlox. This flower, also known as Phlox pilosa, is of the Polemoniaceae or Phlox family. This perennial plant grows in shade to sun to a height of 0.7 to 1.7 feet, and typically blooms in April and May. It can be found in the Piedmont and coast of North Carolina.

For more information about downy phlox, click here. Have you ever seen a phlox?

"Jesus sayeth unto her, Woman, why weepeth thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away." John 20:15