Cotton Candy Creeping Phlox

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.

Cotton candy creeping phlox.

The cultivar name is ditomfan. 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. Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. Mid spring flowering often continues well into summer.

Phlox subulata cotton candy plant patent 13 420 sku 4829 an especially vigorous selection whose profusion of tiny white flowers cover the top of this mat forming creeper for a long period. Feb 24 2014 this pin was discovered by judy essman. Large clusters of light lavender pink pale phlox flowers with small bright magenta pink eyes surrounded. Clusters of deliciously scented cotton candy pink flowers begin to bloom in early summer filling the air with a sweet fragrance until fall.

Find this pin and more on garden design 1502 1 fairfax by the weeding woman llc. Brand new light lavender phlox paniculata hybrid from novalis just released this late spring of 2010. On dec 6 2010 themikeman from concord nc zone 7a wrote. Tom estabrook takes a look at creeping phlox and candytuft.

Creeping phlox is native to tennessee. Phlox subulata eye candy pp31484 common name. Creates a carpet of color for bank plantings or rock gardens. Vigorous it forms a lovely cushion and adds splashes of color for about 3 4 weeks.

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. Compact upright plants with dark purplish stems and leaves and tall erect habit. 6 tall and spreading to 3 wide. Cotton candy creeping phlox.

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. Some are light purple violet or. Woodland phlox flowers vary greatly in color. Paniculata david and the other popular upright summer blooming phloxes which are considered garden phloxes are taller.

Clusters of soft lavender pink flowers with deep pink centers.