How to tend a Phlox stolonifera
Also known as: Phlox reptans Michx., Phlox prostrata Ait. ex Sweet, Phlox obovata Muhl. ex Roem. & Schult., Phlox crassifolia G.Lodd., Armeria reptans (Michx.) Kuntze, Phlox stolonifera f. violacea Peattie, Phlox stolonifera var. crassifolia (Lodd.) D.Don, Phlox reptans var. crassifolia (D.Don) G.Don
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Water thoroughly when soil is dry, water daily in summer
Sunlight
Likes moderate sunshine, also resistant to half shade
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply 1-2 times monthly in spring and summer
Pruning
Remove old, diseased and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Southern North America
- Category
- Polemoniaceae, Phlox
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠10 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period May-October, viewing period 2-3 weeks
- Flower colors
- purple, white, light red
- World Flora Online
- View on WFO