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Phlox douglasii 'Crackerjack'

creeping phlox

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This award-winning perennial forms a dense mound of dark green leaves, which in late spring and early summer, is smothered with masses of reddish pink, star-shaped flowers. A great little plant for the alpine bed or edging the front of a (mainly) sunny border, it can also be used on the terrace and planted in gaps between paving slabs.

How to care for Phlox douglasii Crackerjack:

Give it a trim after the flowers have faded and lift and divide clumps in autumn.
Flowering period:
  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec
Eventual height:
0.1m
Eventual spread:
0.2m
Position:

Full sun / light shade

Rate of growth:

Fast-growing

Soil:

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness:

Fully hardy

  • InformationThis perennial is semi-evergreen so it can lose some of its leaves in winter. In colder regions or more exposed gardens, it may lose them all, but then fresh new growth appears again in spring.

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RH30004615
9cm pot
£8.99
available to order from spring
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RH30005095
3 × 9cm pots
was £26.97 now £21.99
available to order from spring
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Standard delivery Standard Delivery£5.95

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