Phlox stolonifera ‘Pink Ridge’
Phlox stolonifera 'Pink Ridge' is a creeping phlox perfect as a shady ground cover with fragrant pink flowers.
Phlox stolonifera ‘Pink Ridge’ is a cold-hardy, vigorous, valuable creeping phlox that makes a great ground cover for the shade to part-shade garden. Fragrant, nectar-rich, tubular pink flowers with dark purple eyes rise above the mats of foliage from late spring to early summer for a whimsical treat that will grow around and through your ferns, hosta, and other shade plants. The foliage mats will reach three inches in height with the flowers rising to 6-8 inches. A fast grower, spreading 12-24 inches per year forming a dense ground cover. Use as a low maintenance addition to the woodland and shade garden. Hummingbird and pollinator attractor. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Creeping Phlox
Family: Polemoniaceae (The Phlox Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Part Shade, Full Shade
Height: 8-12"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Bloom Time: Spring - Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Eastern North American native from woodlands and meadows to rocky alpine areas.
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Geographical Origin: North America
