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- Lush flower pads in the rock garden: Phlox is easy to maintain
- Upholstery Phlox is perfect for sunny and dry rockeries
- Many beautiful species and varieties for more variety
- Proven phlox species and varieties
- Tips
Whether pink, red or snow white - Phlox fits perfectly into the rock garden
Lush flower pads in the rock garden: Phlox is easy to maintain
Phlox forms dense, flat upholstery and shows between May and June a lush flowerage. This Phlox belongs to the typical rock garden cushions, but is also indispensable in dry stone walls. Small-sized species are also very beautiful in appropriate planters to advantage.
Upholstery Phlox is perfect for sunny and dry rockeries
The various Phlox species feel particularly comfortable in full sun and dry locations. It is best to plant the plants in crevices, in dry-stone cracks or in finer boulders, the carpets will then spread over the flat rock. The care is very straightforward; Cushions which have become too large are simply cut back after flowering. Only the wild species need a good wetness protection in winter. In general, however, it is important to ensure that the rock garden is well drained, as Phlox and many other rock garden plants often do not tolerate excessive wetness.
Many beautiful species and varieties for more variety
Due to the lush and color-intensive flowering, the carpet or padded phlox is also referred to as the "phlox". There are many different species and varieties, the flowers are typically significantly five-part and often have a strong eye. The needle-like leaves are close to the multiple branched shoots.
Proven phlox species and varieties
Phlox borealis grows up to ten inches high and forms a dense, hard and evergreen cushion. The large-flowered, star-shaped flowers show up in a strong pink. The Carpet Phlox (Phlox douglasii), which also grows up to ten centimeters high and is also ideal for pots or troughs, can be seen in a particularly large number of variants. Carpet Phlox is available in many colors:
The upholstery phlox (Phlox subulata) is a height of about 15 centimeters slightly higher than Phlox douglasii and looks very nice in walls. Again, there are many varieties in different colors:
Tips
The phlox looks especially pretty in combination with other perennials such as blue cushions, gooseberry, red cabbage, cloves, bluebells and saxifrages.