Creeping Phlox Purple Beauty
Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'
The vigorous Creeping Phlox Purple Beauty, adds a splash of color to your garden by way of forming a pretty carpet of flowers. For an extra flair, allow this perennial to cascade over retaining walls or spill out of overturned pottery.
Growzone: 3-8
| Size | Price | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Gallon Pot | $18.95 |
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| Product | Price | Quantity |
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| Espoma Bio-Tone Plus Starter Plus | $16.95 | |
| Espoma Flower-Tone 4lb bag | $16.95 |
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| Growing Zone: | 3-8 |
|---|---|
| Mature Height: | 4 to 6 inches |
| Mature Width: | 18 to 24 inches |
| Classification: | Perennial |
| Sunlight: | Full Sun |
| Habit: | Creeping |
| Flower Color: | Purple |
| Flowering Season: | Early through Late Spring |
| Foliage: | Green, Needle shape |
| Soil Condition: | Prefers dry, average to sandy soil |
| Water Requirements: | Water well until established |
| Uses: | Mass planting, Ground Cover |
Creeping Phlox Purple Beauty Plants for Sale Online
Commonly used as border plants, along embankments, or as ground cover, the Purple Beauty Creeping Phlox brings the stars to your garden. Small, purple, and star-shaped, the flowers of the Purple Beauty adorn needle like green foliage. A natural creeper, plant this evergreen perennial in areas where you want a nice ground cover or areas where you have rock. Looks best when allowed to cascade over rocky walls or along dry rocky embankments.
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Planting Information
We suggest when planting your newly purchased Purple Beauty Creeping Phlox plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and will cause the root system to rot. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely the existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Purple Beauty Creeping Phlox does prefer drier soils so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend not adding topsoil or compost this is one. Bio-tone starter fertilizer is a great starter fertilizer that provides plants with mycorrhizae fungus. It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause root rot. We love this product and use it on all plants we install in our own gardens. Bio-tone is a gardener’s best friend and can help guarantee your success.