Phlox subulata 'Ruby Riot'
Phlox Spring Bling 'Ruby Riot' is a hybrid creeping spring phlox with reddish-pink flowers and darker eyes.
Description:
Phlox Spring Bling 'Ruby Riot' is a hybrid creeping phlox that produces large, 1 1/4 inch, reddish-pink with darker eyes from mid to late spring on a mounding, low-growing, spreading plant 4-8 inches high and 24-28 inches wide. 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 Creeping Phlox
Family: Polemoniaceae (The Phlox Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun
Height: 4-8"
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
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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