This is great for landscaping purposes, but you need to consider scaling back your lawnmower and weed-eating activity slightly. Another factor to consider is that Creeping Phlox are terrific spreaders. Due to their bloom cycle is so short, they are not the type of plant you want to plant in flowerpots. Then last summer, they will tend to brown. Creeping Phlox only blooms for about six weeks in the spring, and then turn green. If you are unfamiliar with Creeping Phlox, there are several good videos available on YouTube on the subject. One additional tip is that when initially planting Creeping Phlox, you need to lift the leaf-like foliage and weed underneath until the plant is fully established.

Most homeowners feed their Creeping Phlox with a slow-release fertilizer in late winter or early spring to promote growth. Not only are Creeping Phlox colorful, but they are excellent at resisting soil erosion. Every two years or so, you can divide your Creeping Phlox like this without any plant degradation. In the spring, you can dig up the entire root ball of a plant, cut the root ball with a knife and replant the original plant back into its hole and plant the second half into a different hole. A particular advantage of the plant is its easy propagation. For landscaping purposes, Creeping Phlox are percent as they do well not only on climbing terraces but also on brick walls.

However, if you cut the leaf back, the plant will start blooming again. A perennial plant, Creeping Phlox, has needle-like foliage with small, five-pointed flowers that show up in red, lavender, pink, white, or bluish-purple colors.Ĭreeping Phlox blooms in the spring and about the only work you need do is to cut back the foliage when it gets thick, as in that case, they won't bloom. Since creeping Phlox does well over a rockery or in harsh soil and, also, requires little care except for occasional watering, they make an ideal plant to brighten your yard. For best results, most people plant Phlox in a sunny location but where the soils are moist. The great benefit of the Creeping Phlox is that they grow in practically any soil, and under any condition, whether sunny or partially shady. Creeping Phlox, Phlox Subulata, as plants go, is the Swiss Army Knife of plants.

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