Annual phlox may not be at the top of everyone's list, but 'Moody Blues' deserves to be.

Shear sweet alyssum, annual phlox and lobelia after the first flush of blooms; they'll rebloom in a few weeks.

Thus the binomial name of the annual phlox (named after botanist Thomas Drummond) is now written as Phlox drummondii.

Phlox drummondii (commonly annual phlox or Drummond's phlox) is a flowering plant in the genus Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae.

Since it is too late in the season to start flowering plants with seed, here are suggested plants to look for at garden centers: Red: Annual phlox, begonia, celosia, geranium, nicotiana, petunia, salvia, snapdragon and zinnia.

Phlox drummondii (commonly annual phlox or Drummond's phlox) is a flowering plant in the genus Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae.