Cotton Candy Creeping Phlox

Feb 24 2014 this pin was discovered by judy essman.

Cotton candy creeping phlox. Large clusters of light lavender pink pale phlox flowers with small bright magenta pink eyes surrounded. Brand new light lavender phlox paniculata hybrid from novalis just released this late spring of 2010. Find this pin and more on garden design 1502 1 fairfax by the weeding woman llc. Cotton candy creeping phlox.

On dec 6 2010 themikeman from concord nc zone 7a wrote. Compact upright plants with dark purplish stems and leaves and tall erect habit. Paniculata david and the other popular upright summer blooming phloxes which are considered garden phloxes are taller. The cultivar name is ditomfan.

Vigorous it forms a lovely cushion and adds splashes of color for about 3 4 weeks. Clusters of soft lavender pink flowers with deep pink centers. Cotton candy is a trade name. 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.

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. 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. Woodland phlox flowers vary greatly in color. Mid spring flowering often continues well into summer.

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. 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. Phlox subulata eye candy pp31484 common name. Excellent in a cottage garden containers or massed plantings.

6 tall and spreading to 3 wide. Some are light purple violet or. Creeping phlox is native to tennessee. Clusters of deliciously scented cotton candy pink flowers begin to bloom in early summer filling the air with a sweet fragrance until fall.

Creates a carpet of color for bank plantings or rock gardens.