Pale purple Carpet Phlox
Terri Webster Schrandt

The Flower Hour #23: Spring’s Phloxy Florals

For the Flower Hour, share your images of flowers, gardens, fields of flowers, seasonal leaves and plants, fungus, algae, cacti, blossoms, berries, and wildflowers. Bouquets and silk/faux flowers are welcome.

Astronomical Spring officially sprang on Friday, March 20, as the northern hemisphere welcomed the vernal equinox. Meteorological Spring was March 1st.

Slender Flox wildflower
Pink Slender Phlox

Over the years in Eastern Washington, I’ve discovered a variety of wildflowers that bloom between mid-March and late May, known as phlox. The early colorful clusters are a welcome sight on my trail walks.

Pale purple Carpet Phlox
Carpet Flox

Phlox are hardy, drought and deer-resistant perennials that can be planted or found growing wild.

purple flox
Purple Creeping Flox

Sharing for Dawn’s Spring Festival, Pepper’s One Step Challenge, and Sunday Stills: Early (spring) hosted this week by Susanne of Cats and Trails and Garden Tales.

pink flower border

Remember, there are no specific themes for the Flower Hour, but please use your own photography. And you have all week to link to this post.

New to The Flower Hour photo challenge? Please check out my page for more information! I encourage “double-dipping” with other blog challenges if you do not want to create a separate post.

Honoring Cee Neuner during the month of March.

“You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda

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    • Thank you, Robbie! Since we’re traveling for 6 weeks, I asked two bloggers to host Sunday Still for me this month. If you go to my Sunday Stills page, you can find links to their blogs. I kept Flower Hour due to the simplicity of the posts. Thanks for asking!

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  15. The Phlox are so pretty and delicate – I like how dainty they all are, but that first macro shot of the little hairs on the Phlox stem is interesting looking. I will have some wildflowers tomorrow for Wordless Wednesday and will post them here.

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  24. This is such a refreshing and beautifully curated post—full of color, warmth, and the quiet joy that spring brings. Your descriptions of the phlox, especially those early blooms along your trail walks, create a vivid sense of place and season.

    I love how you blend personal discovery with gentle encouragement for others to share their own moments of nature. There’s a lovely sense of community woven throughout, making it feel inviting and inclusive.

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