Description
Common Name: Creeping Phlox, Flowering Moss, Moss Phlox, Moss Blue, Mountain Phlox
Type: Perennial, Evergreen
Family: Polemoniacea
Zone: 3 to 9
Height: 0.25 to 0.50 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Bloom Time: April, May
Bloom Description: Carpet of small lavender-blue 5-petaled flowers, notched tips that flare from a narrow tube
Sun: Full sun to Part shade
Water: Medium to Low, well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Flower: Blue, showy, 3 to 4″ blooms on 4″ stems
Leaf: Deep green, needlelike, fine-textured leaves
Attracts: Butterflies and Pollinators
Tolerate: Drought, Foot traffic