Phlox subulata Eyeshadow
$8.99
A beautiful variety producing a showy display of rosy-lavender flowers with deep purple eyes over mounds of bright green, needle like foliage; healthy, vigorous habit, wonderful for rock gardens, edging, or in mixed containers
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Description
Eye Shadow Creeping Phlox is smothered in stunning lavender star-shaped flowers with rose overtones and plum purple eyes at the ends of the stems from mid to late spring. Its tiny needle-like leaves remain green in colour throughout the year.
Additional information
| Height | 5 in – 5 in |
|---|---|
| Spread | 1 ft – 2 ft |
| Flowering months | May |
| Synonyms | Phlox subulata Eyeshadow |
| Family | Polemoniaceae |
| Hazardous | unknown |
| Variegated | unknown |
| Color flower spring | Purple |
| Aspect | East, South, West |
| Foliage | Semi-evergreen |
| Habit | Mat-former |
| Moisture | Well Drained Soil |
| Ph | Neutral |
| Position | Full sun |
| Shape | Mound-forming |
| Suggest planting location | Flowering borders, Cottage and informal gardens, Garden edging and borders, Rock and alpine gardens, Ground cover planting |
| Type | Perennial |
| Use for | Ground cover, Bee-Friendly, Edging Plant |
| Drought resistance | yes |
| Cultivation | Plant in full sun in sandy or gravelly garden soil with good drainage. Water throughout the first summer. Established plants tolerate drought. |
| Soil | Sand, Gravelly soil |
| Local names | Creeping Phlox, Flowering Moss, Ground Pink, Moss Phlox, Moss Pink, Mountain Pink, Rock Phlox, Mountain Phlox, Eye Shadow Moss Phlox |
| Blomidon Item No | ZPHLSUES3.5PT |
| Usps | Rosy-purple spring flowers have a dark purple eye., Its low carpet covers ground at the front of a border., Provide full sun and soil that drains well. |