Phlox douglasii 'Vivid' - TUFTED PHLOX 'VIVID' (for cooler climate)
More delicate looking spring phlox, with smaller needles, forming only small clumps.
Smaller button-like pale pink flowers.
Very hardy selection from northwestern mountainous USA, so suitable for cooler northern areas (but does surprisingly quite well in our climate in southcentral Indiana).
Size: 2” tall x 8-10" wide
USDA zones: 3 to 7/8
Culture: full sun, half shade, gravelly, rocky, sandy soils, average soil amended with sand or gravel (or both). Drainage is essential!
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, soil should be somewhat drained
Origin: Garden origin, the species is native to northwestern states and mountains of California, Idaho, Oregon, Washongton.
Deer/rabbit resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: 3.5" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Picture copyright: US Perennials nursery
Plant combinations: For the rock garden, crevice gardens, or throughs. Best combined with smaller plants – from native choose shorter Anemone patens, Antennaria, small Campanula, short Coreopsis, Cunila origanoides, Dalea, shorter Echinacea, shorter Gaillardia, Gaura (shorter cultivars), smaller cultivars of Heuchera (in cooler regions), Penstemons, shorter cultivars of Stokesia, native grasses like Festuca, Koeleria cristata, Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara' (or non-native Sesleria).
And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, shorter Aquilegia, Armeria, Campanula, Cerastium, Delosperma, Dianthus, Gearanium dalmaticum, G. cinereum, Gypsohila, Iris (dwarf and miniature bearded Iris), shorter Lavandula, shorter Nepeta, Origanum, short Platycodon, Satureja, Salvia, Sedum, Sempervivum, low Stachys, Scabiosa columbaria, Thymus, lower Veronica and many spring bulbs.
Phlox douglasii 'Vivid' - TUFTED PHLOX 'VIVID' (for cooler climate)
More delicate looking spring phlox, with smaller needles, forming only small clumps.
Smaller button-like pale pink flowers.
Very hardy selection from northwestern mountainous USA, so suitable for cooler northern areas (but does surprisingly quite well in our climate in southcentral Indiana).
Size: 2” tall x 8-10" wide
USDA zones: 3 to 7/8
Culture: full sun, half shade, gravelly, rocky, sandy soils, average soil amended with sand or gravel (or both). Drainage is essential!
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, soil should be somewhat drained
Origin: Garden origin, the species is native to northwestern states and mountains of California, Idaho, Oregon, Washongton.
Deer/rabbit resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: 3.5" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Picture copyright: US Perennials nursery
Plant combinations: For the rock garden, crevice gardens, or throughs. Best combined with smaller plants – from native choose shorter Anemone patens, Antennaria, small Campanula, short Coreopsis, Cunila origanoides, Dalea, shorter Echinacea, shorter Gaillardia, Gaura (shorter cultivars), smaller cultivars of Heuchera (in cooler regions), Penstemons, shorter cultivars of Stokesia, native grasses like Festuca, Koeleria cristata, Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara' (or non-native Sesleria).
And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, shorter Aquilegia, Armeria, Campanula, Cerastium, Delosperma, Dianthus, Gearanium dalmaticum, G. cinereum, Gypsohila, Iris (dwarf and miniature bearded Iris), shorter Lavandula, shorter Nepeta, Origanum, short Platycodon, Satureja, Salvia, Sedum, Sempervivum, low Stachys, Scabiosa columbaria, Thymus, lower Veronica and many spring bulbs.