Phlox Moss Flower. Cymes heads clusters or flower 1. It spreads slowly growing in mounds that get 46 inches thick.
Blooms can be muddy hot pink bright rose and magenta while other cultivars include white soft lavender-blue clear pale pink to deep pink clear scarlet and lavender some with a darker or lighter eye. Groups of three to five 5-petaled flat flowers are held above the foliage. Plants grow 6 inches tall.
Mat-forming Phlox subulata grows only 4-6 in.
Moss phlox or Shiba Zakura Japanese scientific namephlo subulate is native to North America and is an evergreen perennial herbs of the department Polemonium of the genus Phlox. Spring the ground crawling similar to the Sakura cherry blossom flowers bloom. Apr 09 2021 The creeping habit of Moss Phlox can form a carpet of spring flowers as breathtaking in a residential rock garden or sprawling over rock walls as on the mountain slopes and open woodlands of its natural Mid-Atlantic habitat. The best flowering occurs in full sun but sun-dappled shade can be appreciated in hot climates.