| At this time of year, hikers can be on the alert for early buttercups, shooting stars in the foothills and moss phlox. |
| After the first hard freeze, cut back perennials such as aster, campanula, daylily, phlox, and veronica, leaving 6-inch stubs above the ground. |
| The beds burst at the seams with summer phlox, Shasta daisies, coneflowers, and 75 varieties of daylilies. |
| Peonies, irises, daylilies, and delphiniums peak as phlox come into bud and astilbes begin to light up shady garden spots. |
| Creeping phlox, thyme and aubrietia grow between terrace stones, in typical English fashion, next to a creeping bent lawn. |
| Bright red salvias, phlox, anthurium and balsam flower in profusion in neat rows, and no wonder Thangam won the first prize for her garden. |
