Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera ‘Sherwood Purple’
Do you have a bare, shady area in your garden that could use a native, vibrant, semi-evergreen ground cover? ‘Sherwood Purple’ Creeping Phlox is a unique, vigorous, mat-forming perennial wildflower that has purple blooms and semi-evergreen foliage. Not only are the lavish, deep-purple flower clusters fragrant, they also support a wide variety of native butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. ‘Sherwood Purple’ is a low maintenance native that will self seed and grow vigorously in a woodland garden, shady border, or naturalized garden.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade; medium to moist, well-drained soil
Size: Up to 1′
Zone: 3 – 8
Wildlife Value: Flowers provide early season nectar for swallowtail butterflies, day flying sphinx moths, hummingbird moths, clearwing moths, and hummingbirds
