Creeping Phlox

Sigh. Looks like phlox subulata to me. I'm sighing because I can't get this sucker to last and thrive more than one season in my garden. It's gorgeous when there's a big swath of it like that!

I'm not sure about growing from seed, but these are easily found at nurseries or on-line.

Do you have anything else in that bed? You might want to consider interplanting something else, as in a week or so (as you know from last two years) your phlox will stop blooming and then be a bit boring.

Dee

You could propagate from the plants you have. Here's an earlier thread about them.

You could also under plant with bulbs which would give the bed some height and extend the period of interest.

Here is a link that might be useful: Creeping phlox propagation

Thanks everyone! I hadn't thought about adding anything else to the bed - I was worried about damaging the flowers that are already there. Bulbs might not be a bad idea. I will have to look into some that bloom a little later so I will have some flowers in the late spring/summer.

It gets confusing, but nurseries and growers have taken to calling this (Phlox subulata) "Creeping Phlox" when historically it was known as "Moss Phlox" and Phlox stolonifera was "Creeping Phlox" (basically, a shade species of phlox).

Anyway, neither here nor there, but interesting.