Pink Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata ‘Pink’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-8b (9?) Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Perennial
Height at Maturity: 3-4″
Width at Maturity: 24″
Spacing: 15-18″ for mass plantings; 48″ or more for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Spreading, Carpet-Forming, Low Mound
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Size: 3/4″ diameter
Flowering Period: South: Late Winter to Mid Spring | North: Mid Spring to Late Spring
Flower Type: Single, 5-petaled
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, or Morning Sun with Dappled Afternoon Sun
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained, Dry when established
Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.0 (Moderately Acid to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect
Description
Pink Creeping Phlox is highly adaptable and a very easy to grow almost anywhere in the United States (USDA Growing Zones 3a-8b). The low carpet of foliage becomes covered in late winter to early spring (South) or mid-spring (North) with 3/4-inch wide 5-petaled pink flowers to herald the arrival of spring like no other flowering perennial groundcover plant. Very nice in mass plantings on embankments, as a border or around or spilling over boulders and walls.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 3 to 5 inches tall and 24 inches or more wide, Pink Creeping Phlox is ideal for use as a low border or mass planting in landscape and perennial borders, home foundation plantings, on embankments, slopes or hillsides, or to slightly drape over stone walls. Lovely spilling over walls and boulders. Its small size makes it a perfect fit for smaller garden spaces or as a soil cover in container gardens. Flowering bulbs will pop right through it in spring and summer! A fine addition to blue theme gardens, cottage gardens and rock gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 18 inches apart for mass plantings; 48 inches or more apart for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Pink Creeping Phlox is exceptionally easy to grow in a variety of soils. It prefers a moist but well-drained soil however grows well in sandy or gravely soils and tolerates hot, dry exposures. As with so many other perennial plants, constantly soggy soils can be problematic. The best flowering is in full sun to light shade. Plant with the top of the root ball even with ground level. Care and maintenance are minimal. Feed in spring with an organic plant food.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Creeping Phlox plants.
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