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| Hi We moved into our new house about 2 years ago. One of our favorite things about it are these flowers that come out every spring. They just started blooming again about 2 weeks ago. We have another empty raised bed we would like to fill with these types of flowers. As you can see the plant itself is short and never gets more than a few inches high. In the spring it is completely covered be these small purple flowers. Do you know what kind they are? Do you know is it possible to grow them from seed? Thanks! |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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. |
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- Posted by mistascott 7A VA (My Page) on Mon, Apr 22, 13 at 13:32
| 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. |
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