The Plant store is now closed for orders.

  • I'm planning on one last round of sales toward the end of September of plants that I'll be potting up from a nursery bed I planted in the fall of 2022. I'll post the details and the time once I have the plants ready to go
  • Please see the Using the Plant Library  page  for some tips on how to make the most of the information here to select species for creating a healthy native plant community suited to the conditions of your site.
  • Please see the Plant Nursery for a photo of the different sizes/prices on offer and for information on the sizing of these seedlings and the details of the sale
  • Species that were not seeded, didn’t germinate or that are sold out are marked with an asterisk *
* ~ Phlox maculata, Wild Sweet William 

* ~ Phlox maculata, Wild Sweet William 

~Not available in 2023 due to very low germination rates~ 

Phlox maculata 

Wild Sweet William 

  • Moderately high moisture to average soils
  • Full Sun to Partial Shade
  • 36” tall 12” to 18” wide
  • Summer blooms
  • Thrives in open woodlands or meadows with sufficient moisture

New to me, grown from seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery https://www.prairiemoon.com/phlox-maculata-wild-sweet-william-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

With a historical range that extends south and east from New York state, these are native to the North-East but not to Ontario.

A parent species of some of the Phlox cultivars that you can find in the horticultural trade, these share their same vulnerability to mildew and spider mites if they are stressed by lack of consistent soil moisture that is common to Garden Phlox.

At their best with consistent moisture and when given some shade during the hottest part of the day, these would thrive in high moisture meadows and in dappled shade settings in open woodlands.

Flower colour varies from pale lavender to medium pink.

-Not to be confused with the four-petaled Eurasian Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) that has filled fencerows and roadsides through much of the North East, these can easily be distinguished from those by their five petaled flowers, which are typical of Phlox species.

Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details.

Photo by Robert H. Mohlenbrock via Wikimedia Commons

Related products

* Asclepias incarnata, Pink Swamp Milkweed
* Carex muskingumensis, Palm Sedge
* Carex sprengelii, Long-beaked Sedge
* Chasmanthium latifolium, Northern Sea Oats
* Chelone glabra, White Turtlehead
Doellingeria umbellata, Flat-top White Aster
* Elymus canadensis, Canada Wild Rye 
Elymus virginicus, Virginia Wild Rye $5 size
* Erigeron pulchellus, Robin's Plantain
Eupatorium perfoliatum, Common Boneset
Euthamia graminifolia, Grass-leaved Goldenrod
Eutrochium maculatum, Spotted Joe-Pye weed
* Eutrochium purpureum, Sweet Joe Pye Weed 
* Gentiana andrewsii, Closed Bottle Gentian
Hibiscus moscheutos, Swamp Rose-mallow
* Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal Flower
Lobelia siphilitica, Great Blue Lobelia $5 size
* Monarda didyma, Red Beebalm
* Monarda fistulosa, Wild Bergamot: Mid-height, Mid-season strain
* Panicum virgatum, Switch Grass 
* Persicaria pensylvanica, Pennsylvania Smartweed
* Persicaria virginiana, Woodland Knotweed
* Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, Lance-Leaved Self-Heal
* Scutellaria lateriflora, Blue Skullcap
* Solidago rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod
Solidago uliginosa, Bog Goldenrod
Symphyotrichum cordifolium, Heart Leaved Aster $5 size
* Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain
* Viola sororia, Wooly Blue Violet

Species that were not sown / aren't being sown for 2023 are marked with an * 
Species that are native to this continent, but not historically native to Ontario are marked with a ~ 
While it rarely comes up, I do reserve the right to limit plant quantities, mostly to help ensure that as many native plant gardens as possible become a reality
Search