Phonetic: FLOCKS sub-yoo-LAH-tah
Moss phlox is a dense ground cover blanketed with notch-petaled flowers in April and May. Blooms can be muddy hot pink, bright rose, and magenta. Evergreen foliage is narrow, short, and stiff. Garden uses include rock gardens, edgings, foundation plantings, or ground covers in sunny areas of woodland gardens, slopes, native plant gardens or naturalized areas.
- Hardiness Zone: 3-9
- Native Region: BONAP Map
- BONAP Map Key Color Guide: Map Color Key
- Sun Exposure: Full to partial shade
- Flower Color: Violet, Pink
- Bloom Time: April, May
- Soil Type: Medium
- Mature Plant Size: .25-.5'H, 1-2'W
- Plant Spacing: 2'
- Host Plant:
- Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds
- Advantages: Deer resistant, drought and poor soil tolerant, evergreen
- Landscape Uses: Butterfly garden, ground cover, mass planting perennial borders, rock gardens
- Companion Plants: Purple Coneflower
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