Trailing Phlox
Trailing Phlox is an easy-to-grow perennial that becomes enveloped by bright pink flowers when it blooms in spring.
- Flowers provide food for early emerging pollinators
- Low growing plant with a weed-suppressing mat-like habit
- Thrives on neglect
Details
- 4 to 8 inches tall
- 18 to 36 inches wide (plants grow wider in fertile soil)
- Narrow needle-like evergreen leaves
- Hardy in USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9
Flowering period
In central North Carolina, flowering starts in March and lasts three to four weeks.
How to grow
Prefers sun, though plants will still flower in part shade. Can grow in a variety of soil types, including clay, as long as it drains reasonably well. Plants are drought tolerant!
Care and maintenance
Plants are carefree and look after themselves
Where to plant
At the edges of flower beds, along paths, and planted on slopes to help stabilize the soil.
When to plant
Trailing Phlox can be planted year-round in the South, with spring and fall being the best times for plant and gardener. Remember to regularly keep plants watered if planting in the summer.
Spacing
Around 24 inches apart when planting in a group.
When will my plant flower?
Plants are flowering size and if purchased before March, they will bloom their first year.
Native habitat and range
Phlox nivalis can be found growing on rock outcrops and roadbanks in the southeast United States from south-central Virginia into Florida.
Source and origin
Plants are grown from cuttings here at the nursery. Our stock plant was grown from cuttings collected along the edge of a woodland in Chatham County, North Carolina.
Trailing Phlox is an easy-to-grow perennial that becomes enveloped by bright pink flowers when it blooms in spring.
- Flowers provide food for early emerging pollinators
- Low growing plant with a weed-suppressing mat-like habit
- Thrives on neglect
Details
- 4 to 8 inches tall
- 18 to 36 inches wide (plants grow wider in fertile soil)
- Narrow needle-like evergreen leaves
- Hardy in USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9
Flowering period
In central North Carolina, flowering starts in March and lasts three to four weeks.
How to grow
Prefers sun, though plants will still flower in part shade. Can grow in a variety of soil types, including clay, as long as it drains reasonably well. Plants are drought tolerant!
Care and maintenance
Plants are carefree and look after themselves
Where to plant
At the edges of flower beds, along paths, and planted on slopes to help stabilize the soil.
When to plant
Trailing Phlox can be planted year-round in the South, with spring and fall being the best times for plant and gardener. Remember to regularly keep plants watered if planting in the summer.
Spacing
Around 24 inches apart when planting in a group.
When will my plant flower?
Plants are flowering size and if purchased before March, they will bloom their first year.
Native habitat and range
Phlox nivalis can be found growing on rock outcrops and roadbanks in the southeast United States from south-central Virginia into Florida.
Source and origin
Plants are grown from cuttings here at the nursery. Our stock plant was grown from cuttings collected along the edge of a woodland in Chatham County, North Carolina.
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$4.50Description
Trailing Phlox is an easy-to-grow perennial that becomes enveloped by bright pink flowers when it blooms in spring.
- Flowers provide food for early emerging pollinators
- Low growing plant with a weed-suppressing mat-like habit
- Thrives on neglect
Details
- 4 to 8 inches tall
- 18 to 36 inches wide (plants grow wider in fertile soil)
- Narrow needle-like evergreen leaves
- Hardy in USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9
Flowering period
In central North Carolina, flowering starts in March and lasts three to four weeks.
How to grow
Prefers sun, though plants will still flower in part shade. Can grow in a variety of soil types, including clay, as long as it drains reasonably well. Plants are drought tolerant!
Care and maintenance
Plants are carefree and look after themselves
Where to plant
At the edges of flower beds, along paths, and planted on slopes to help stabilize the soil.
When to plant
Trailing Phlox can be planted year-round in the South, with spring and fall being the best times for plant and gardener. Remember to regularly keep plants watered if planting in the summer.
Spacing
Around 24 inches apart when planting in a group.
When will my plant flower?
Plants are flowering size and if purchased before March, they will bloom their first year.
Native habitat and range
Phlox nivalis can be found growing on rock outcrops and roadbanks in the southeast United States from south-central Virginia into Florida.
Source and origin
Plants are grown from cuttings here at the nursery. Our stock plant was grown from cuttings collected along the edge of a woodland in Chatham County, North Carolina.
