Phlox 'Rocky Road Magenta'
Phlox 'Rocky Road Magenta' is a creeping hybrid spring phlox with magenta-purple flowers with tiny dark eyes.
Description:
Phlox 'Rocky Road Magenta' is a creeping hybrid spring phlox with a vibrant show of magenta-purple flowers with tiny dark eyes. Blooms on a low-growing spreading mat 4-6 inches high and 36 inches wide. This alpine plant has a more compressed growth habit and spreads more slowly than Phlox subulata. Shear back in early summer after blooms have finished to produce denser foliage and encourage reblooming. Ideal as a ground cover, border, rock garden and mass planting. Pollinator attractor.
Common Name: Hybrid Spring Phlox
Family: Polemoniaceae (The Phlox Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun
Height: 4-8"
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Magenta
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Open woods, scrub, sides of streams and on hillsides, often on limestone.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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