Creeping Flox Flowers

Creeping phlox are ground hugging evergreen ground cover plants.

Creeping flox flowers. Creeping phlox comes in our choice of red blue white or pink. Considered as one of the most colorful of all ground covers phlox subulata creeping phlox is a popular evergreen perennial with masses of delicate pink magenta purple blue or white flowers in mid to late spring. Candy stripe is a popular variety with pink and white striped flowers. Emerald blue produces a sea of lilac blue flowers perfect for that waterfall of color.

Select healthy plants that display bushy bright green foliage. In fact both types are up to the task. Hummingbird and buttefly attractant. They are vigorous growers and ideal ground cover plants for difficult edges and rock gardens.

Plant creeping phlox atop retaining areas for them to drape over the edges. With dark red flowers this plant is otherwise a typical creeping phlox. Purchase creeping phlox starter plants at a garden center or nursery. Prepare a planting spot in your garden where the plant will be exposed to full sun or partial shade.

They are equally at home as a traditional flower border or planted along the edges of flagstone walkways. About creeping phlox a perennial nature and semi evergreen habit are important facts about creeping phlox. Spade the soil to a. A low growing easygoing evergreen perennial that grows happily in tough places creeping phlox is the perfect option to bring a splash of color to a rock garden or for a cascading cover over stone walls.

Creeping phlox makes an outstanding groundcover for sunny banks and terraces where it is difficult to grow other plants. Creeping phlox comes in our choice of red blue white or pink. Among the earliest blooming perennials it will create a carpet of brilliant color all spring. Creeping phlox grows best in well drained soil and partial to full sun.

Some especially interesting varieties include. It blooms for three to four. They bloom so profusely that they literally blanket the dark green needle like foliage. There are actually two different species that go by this common name.

The creeping phlox grows about 4 inches tall stays green all year in mild climates and gives masses of color in early spring. This variety has pale pink flowers that are edged with stripes of white. Creeping phlox blooms in spring and produces long spreading stems which become woody with age. This variety with pure.

Partial shade or full sun. Strong northern grown field divisions sent. How to plant creeping phlox for ground cover.