Creeping Phlox Collection
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Description
It's So Easy to Set the Scene!Create a picturesque landscape with little, colourful flowers cascading down a dry-stacked stone wall or creeping along a rock garden. The spot in the sun that gets a bit too bright for other plants is just right for creeping phlox. There are so many places for this versatile collection—fill a border, enhance a mixed container planting or make a sweeping, perennializing ground cover!
A Filler AND a Thriller!
This handy collection keeps otherwise sparse areas lively with low-maintenance, gorgeous greens all year long. Creeping phlox provides even more colour interest come late spring, when the low-growing, needlelike foliage is completely covered in bright blooms. This collection has three different, complementing colours that will form a stunning patchwork pattern, as if your garden is enveloped in a vibrant quilt!
Includes 3 each of Blue Emerald, Red Wings and Drummond's Pink
Blue Emerald: This low-growing spreader blankets your garden with lavender-blue flowers, creating a stunning contrast with pinks and whites. Ideal for front borders and ground cover, this phlox thrives on slopes, combating soil erosion.
Red Wings: Transform your garden with this fast-spreading, drought-tolerant award winner. Its striking pinkish-red flowers display deep red centres and are set off by the dark green, awl-shaped foliage. Its vibrant, creeping carpet of flowers last 3-4 weeks.
Drummond's Pink: Boasting larger flowers than many other phlox, its rich rose-pink clusters create a lush floral ground cover. Ideal for borders and creeping through rock gardens, it attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial bees.
A Helping Hand in Gorgeous Hues
Carefree creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) is highly useful around the garden:
- Erosion Control—keeps poor, sandy or dry soil in place; perfect for a loose slope.
- Weed Suppression—as an evergreen ground cover, it'll keep these nuisance species under control.
- Drought Tolerance—once established, this sun lover won't need too much water.
- Botanical NamePhlox subulata
- Ships AsPremium Plant
- FormRoot
- Hardiness Zone3-9
- Flowering TimeLate spring
- Flower ColorVarious phlox, all with a different color
- Flower FormStar-shaped flowers
- Foliage TypeAwl-shaped to oval leaves
- Height/Habit4 - 6 inches
- Planting InstructionsTop of plant should be just below with soil level and 12-18" apart.
- Light RequirementsFull Sun
- Soil RequirementsWell drained
- Will TolerateAcidic Soil, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
- Watering RequirementsLow to average water needs. Do not overwater. Drought-resistant once established.
- Fertilization RequirementsOnce per year
- PruningRemoving spent head heads will induce new ones.
- Winter CareMulch +/- 2"
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Hardiness Zone
3-9
- Bloom Time
Late spring
- Height
4 - 6 inches
- Light
Full Sun
- Ships As
Premium Plant
- Plant In
Fall
- Container Gardening
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