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Don’t let spring creep up on you!

Don’t let spring creep up on you!

Posted by Bloomin Designs Nursery on Aug 29, 2022

Phlox subulata 

Known variously as creeping phlox or moss phlox, early-flowering Phlox subulata is a familiar friend, a welcome harbinger of spring. Its cheerful five-petaled blooms blanket slopes and spill over walls. 

We hear you: It’s hard to even imagine spring, let alone plan for it, while the dog days are still raging, hot and humid. But this really is the time to do just that. A crop of Phlox subulata planted in late summer / early fall has oceans of time to fill its containers with vigorous roots. Sooner than you think, cold nights and short days will shut down vegetative growth. That tough evergreen foliage will hunker down and wait patiently. Sleep tight! 

Come spring, this fall’s head start will manifest itself as full pots, bursting with color. You’ll be glad you thought ahead when you see this low-lying rainbow. All are just 4-6” tall, and hardy all the way down to Zone 2.