Cotton Candy Creeping Phlox

Creates a carpet of color for bank plantings or rock gardens.

Cotton candy creeping phlox.

Eye candy forms a mound of bright green needle like foliage that is totally covered in light lavender pink flowers with a dark wine purple eye. Woodland phlox flowers vary greatly in color. Phlox subulata candy stripe creeping phlox is a delightful evergreen perennial with masses of candy pink and white striped flowers which enthusiastically blanket the dark green glossy foliage in mid to late spring. Large clusters of light lavender pink pale phlox flowers with small bright magenta pink eyes surrounded.

The common creeping phlox phlox subulata is best if you want a low ground cover although there is also another creeping phlox that is less well known. Brand new light lavender phlox paniculata hybrid from novalis just released this late spring of 2010. Creeping phlox is native to tennessee. Find this pin and more on garden design 1502 1 fairfax by the weeding woman llc.

Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. Clusters of soft lavender pink flowers with deep pink centers. On dec 6 2010 themikeman from concord nc zone 7a wrote. Paniculata david and the other popular upright summer blooming phloxes which are considered garden phloxes are taller.

Tom estabrook takes a look at creeping phlox and candytuft. The cultivar name is ditomfan. Some are light purple violet or. Phlox paniculata ditomfav plant patent 21 369 sku 41176 the best mildew resistant garden phlox to date this new hardy selection will bring months of delectable color to garden beds and borders.

Clusters of deliciously scented cotton candy pink flowers begin to bloom in early summer filling the air with a sweet fragrance until fall. 6 tall and spreading to 3 wide. Creeping phlox moss pinks creeping phlox are a classic harbinger of spring exploding with color as a sign that the final days of winter are past. Cotton candy is a trade name.

Excellent in a cottage garden containers or massed plantings. Vigorous it forms a lovely cushion and adds splashes of color for about 3 4 weeks. Mid spring flowering often continues well into summer. Compact upright plants with dark purplish stems and leaves and tall erect habit.

Phlox subulata eye candy pp31484 common name.