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Candy Stripe Moss Phlox Plants

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Phlox subulata

  • Pink & white striped star flowers
  • Evergreen, moss-like foliage
  • Flowering: Apr-May
  • Height x Spread: 15 x 60cm
  • Spacing: 20cm
  • Ideal for rockeries & pots./li>
  • Good ground cover & informal edging.
  • Hardy
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Pot sizes are measured by their volume in litres, except for the smallest size, 9cm / p9 pots, which are roughly half a litre. P9s benefit from extra care in their first year.

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Description

Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'

Candy Stripe is a sweetie: low-growing, mat-forming moss or rock Phlox that is covered in pink and white striped flowers that bring to mind a stick of rock during April and May. The evergreen foliage looks quite like moss from a short distance.

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Features

  • Pink & white striped star flowers
  • Evergreen, moss-like foliage
  • Flowering: Apr-May
  • Height x Spread: 15 x 60cm
  • Spacing: 20cm
  • Ideal for rockeries & pots. Good ground cover
  • Hardy

Growing 'Candy Stripe' Phlox

Phlox subulata loves well-drained soil that has plenty of leaf mould and/or compost, and it will be fine on sandy soil or sharply drained rockeries without much help once it is established. It needs plenty of sun to get the full force of the flower display, but otherwise it will be fine in partial shade.

They always look best planted in groups of at least three, spaced 20cm apart, where they will push against each other into a lush, solid mass.

Trim the plants lightly after flowering to keep them bushy.

To propagate it, simply tease away rooted pieces of the plant (known as Irishman's cuttings) from the edge of the parent clump in spring and re-plant in pots of compost to grow them on.

In Your Garden Design

A great little clump former to cheer up the front of a sunny border or plant on a low wall or rockery. Butterflies particularly love phlox so they are a must have for supporting wildlife.

Planting Instructions

Did You Know?

A North-American native, Phlox subulata was used by the Mahuna as a cure for rheumatism.

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