Cotton Candy Creeping Phlox

Phlox subulata also known as creeping phlox is a vigorous sun loving perennial plant that grows only 6 high and spreads 24 wide.

Cotton candy creeping phlox. We love the snap of bright color candy store phlox bring to the summer border. 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. I expected it to be vividly pink maybe resembling cotton candy. Plants will tolerate deer drought and heat but good drainage is essential and watch out for rabbits.

Clusters of soft lavender pink flowers with deep pink centers. Mid spring flowering often continues well into summer. Creeping phlox are a classic harbinger of spring exploding with color as a sign that the final days of winter are past. In reality this decorative sub shrub produces a dense flush of white flowers twice a year.

And while my hopes of a dr. Cotton candy creeping phlox phlox subulata cotton candy plant patent 13 420. Creates a carpet of color for bank plantings or rock gardens. From the netherlands this hardy series was bred specifically for their compact habit attractive leaf and flower coloration and good disease resistance.

The best mildew resistant garden phlox to date this new hardy selection will bring months of delectable color to garden beds and borders. For a more unusual type plant. It is native to the dry rocky areas and open woodlands of the appalachian mountains. White delight creeping phlox phlox subulata white delight and cotton candy creeping phlox phlox subulata cotton candy grow white flowers.

Compact upright plants with dark purplish stems and leaves and tall erect habit. This variety has light green foliage with a showy display of snow white flowers. It s an easy grower looks fantastic in borders and consistently produces blooms. An especially vigorous selection whose profusion of tiny white flowers cover the top of this mat forming creeper for a long period.

Seussian style plant may have been dashed i do love candytuft nonetheless. Phlox phlox paniculata ditomfav first editions cotton candy border phlox home from the candy store series. Compact upright plants with dark purplish stems and leaves and tall erect habit. Candy store cotton candy is a luscious combination of soft lavender pink blossoms with deep pink centers.

There are many selections of moss phlox all of them forming a low mound or cushion smothered by tiny flowers in late spring.