Trimming Carpet Phlox

Creeping phlox phlox stolonifera provides an evergreen abundantly blooming ground cover for full sun and partly shaded garden beds.

Trimming carpet phlox.

Best of all phlox is a fragrant perennial plant that has an extended blooming period from july through september. In areas without heavy winter snows cut back tall phlox varieties once the plants die back naturally in late fall or early winter. Phlox only requires fall trimming in areas that experience minimal winter snowfall. Fragrant blooms for months compact habits prolific bloomers.

Prune the plants to within a few inches of the ground. The plants only grow up to 1. Depending on your local climate these mildew tolerant plants which stand only 10 tall and spread equally wide continually produce clusters of star shaped 1. One of the beauties of flower carpet roses is that they don t require any fancy pruning.

Creeping phlox phlox subulata produces a colorful spring carpet of soft pastel hues little expert knowledge is needed on how to plant and care for creeping phlox. Orange carpet is a vigorous perennial groundcover that blooms in mid to late summer with a profusion fo bright orange trumpet shaped flowers. Phlox is a plant that produces delicate star shaped masses of white pink red purple or blue flowers. Spreading with underground stems this beauty is perfect for.

Originally a wildflower phlox has also become a cultivated flowering plant. Growing 2 to 5 inches tall and 24 inches wide these delightful carpet forming plants are ideal for use as a low edger or mass planting in landscape and perennial borders home foundation plantings on embankments slopes or. How to prune creeping phlox. Pruning creeping phlox is optional.

Subulata that you can see at hundreds of other garden phlox specialty nurseries but the genus has almost 60 species in it and we select some of the great but rarely grown perennial phlox wild species from around the south. Phlox paniculata commonly known as creeping phlox moss phlox mountain phlox moss pinks or thrift is very easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot. After the blooming period you can shear back the foliage to create a neater form. Creeping phlox remains evergreen so it never requires trimming in fall.

We offer the typical tall phlox paniculata the creeping phlox stolonifera and the moss phlox aka carpet phlox p. 2001 plant select winner 4 6 tall x 15 18 wide. Growing creeping phlox over a rockery or in tough soil conditions provides a nearly carefree ground cover or cascading plant. A blooming ornamental beloved by birds and butterflies it s a beautiful addition to any garden.

Unlike most roses you don t have to worry about where you re cutting along the stem or about pruning them any particular way. With their extra long flowering period brightly coloured blooms and compact bushy habit the varieties in the bambini series are a breakthrough in phlox breeding.