This monthโs full Pink Moon will not likely appear pink when you look at it even when at its peak at 20:22 EDT. The name refers to the pink phlox flowers that are blooming at the same time the moon is at its peak.
Gardeners will know this beautiful, low (10-cm tall) creeping perennial flower, Phlox subulata (commonly called creeping phlox or moss phlox) as a true garden gem with tiny leaves and masses of brightly coloured flowers.
More about phlox: The popular flower blooms for 3-4 weeks every spring and has small needle-like leaves that stay green in the garden for most of the year. If you are looking for an easy-to-grow, deer-resistant, salt-tolerant spring bloomer, this is the plant for you.
Itโs interesting to note that the fourth full moon of the year is known as the Sucker Moon. According to the teachings of the 13 Grandmother Moons and the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition Sucker Moon comes from when sucker goes to the Spirit World in order to receive cleansing techniques for this world.
When it returns to this realm, it purifies a path for the Spirits and cleanses all our water beings. During this time we can learn to become healed healers.
