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Common name creeping phlox Family polemoniaceae Life cycle perennial (Z2-8) Flowers pink Size 4" Light full sun-part shade Cultural notes ordinary garden soil

Evergreen spreading mat, flowers early spring, then stays nice through the rest of the season. no-maintenance plant. We have the pink and lavender variations.

We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston.

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