The novel I just mentioned I am writing ( I am up to 65 pages!) is set during the time the Phlox bloom...
well in googling "Phlox" i learned these flowers that we have everywhere in June are not even really phlox. they are Dame's Rocket, or sweet rocket, an invasive species, unlike phlox which is native to North America.. They have 4 petals. not 5 like true Phlox. And their leaves are jagged and staggered around the stem unlike Phlox which are smooth and even around the stem.
I have called them phlox my whole life.
I have probably never even seen real wild phlox.
I feel lied to.
So, I decided to use that in the novel.
In it, plants already had personalities, so now my phlox have become,
not down right liars, but sneaky and mischievous. They just stand there,
waving a little in the shady areas, laughing at our little lives as we
run to and fro...
