Phlox subulate planting and care in the open field in siberia

Phloxes are a bright and lush garden decoration. They are cultivated for cutting, decorating plots, creating compositions in the open field. From the article you will learn about the features of planting this plant, as well as everything about caring for it.

Varieties and varieties of subulate phlox

Snow-white, dark red, pink, lilac - phlox subulate has many shades, planting and care of which is within the power of beginners. It got its name from the narrow, pointed leaves that look like awls. This phlox belongs to the ground cover species that bloom earlier than others in the spring. A blooming carpet is beautiful not only in the photo, but also in any summer cottage.

Variety "Candy Stripes"

Among the varieties of subulate phlox, the most interesting are:

1. Candy Stripes. White flower with a pink stripe in the center.
2. Tellaria. Lilac, star-shaped. Blooms for a very long time.
3. "Myshnee". A dazzling white flower, one of the most common.
4. "Thumbelina". Has a deep pink color. Growing rapidly.

Variety "Thumbelina"

Planting and caring for the plant

When choosing an area for styloid phlox, give preference to a sunny and dry place. Also pay attention to the ground. It should be barren, dry and loose. Acidity - neutral or slightly alkaline. On wet chernozems, plants give a lot of greenery, but practically do not bloom. Planting depth should be no more than 15 cm, since phlox roots are not very long. The distance between the bushes is about 20-30 cm.

Advice. The best predecessors for phlox are perennial herbs, calendula. Do not root these flowers after garden strawberries: there is a high probability that nematodes remain in the soil, which will quickly take root on new plants.

Phlox care includes:

• regular loosening of the soil;
• weed control;
• moderate watering with warm water (stems crack from cold);
• removal of inflorescences that have withered.

It is important to know that phlox should not be watered with cold water.

Phloxes need to be transplanted every 5 years so that their flowering is lush and long. These flowers are considered frost-hardy, but on condition that they are covered with a sufficient layer of snow in winter. Therefore, in the fall, it is necessary to cut off the tops, and sprinkle the roots with earth mixed with peat. Additionally cover them with straw, spruce branches, fallen leaves.

Attention! If the winter weather is relatively warm, without severe frosts, with frequent thaws, the shelter should be removed, since phloxes can vomit.

Fertilizing and feeding phlox

Annual varieties need 4 dressings per season, perennial ones - 5 (the latter will fall during the period of seed ripening).

Be sure to feed phloxes several times per season.

Approximate fertilization scheme:

1. Late spring: 25 g of liquid manure per 10 liters of water.
2. The beginning of June. The same, but with the addition of superphosphate.
3. Early July. Liquid manure without additives.
4. End of July. Fertilization with potassium and phosphoric salt. Potassium-phosphorus fertilization.Best done in the evening.

Can be used to fertilize phlox with ash. Take 350 g, fill them with 2 liters of water, boil for 10 minutes. Refrigerate, strain and top up with a bucket of water. Use both for root feeding and on the leaf.

Advice. After winter, pour humus over the phlox. This will speed up their growth and root development.

Reproduction of perennial

1. Division. The most common breeding option for phlox subulate. Bushes that have grown must be dug up and divided into several parts. Each of them should have a piece of the root system. It is best to do this procedure in the spring.

   Phloxes easily reproduce by dividing the bush

2. Pinning shoots. You can also lightly dust them with earth. In those places where the stem nodes fit tightly to the ground, roots will begin to grow. With the appearance of a young growth, the stems can be separated from the mother bush, and a new plant can be transplanted.
3. Cuttings. For him, you can take randomly broken off twigs. Tear off all the leaves from the bottom of them and dig in on a shady area.
4. Perennial creeping phlox infrequently reproduce seeds... But if you choose this method, sow them outdoors at the end of winter. Seedlings will hatch in early spring. When 2-4 leaves appear, transplant the seedlings. It is important to keep the soil moist at all times.

   Phlox cuttings

Protection against diseases and pests

Most often phloxes suffer from variegation and powdery mildew. In the first case, an ugly pattern, unusual for a plant, appears on the leaves, in the second - a white matte bloom. Prevention of these diseases - spring treatment with Bordeaux liquid. If you notice symptoms, remove the damaged plants.

Also among phlox diseases there are:

• septoria (signs: brown spots on the leaves);
• phomosis (signs: fragility of shoots, drying of leaves).

Phlox shoots infected with phomosis

If symptoms of septoria appear, spray the bushes and soil near them with Bordeaux liquid. Do the reprocessing after 14 days. The development of phomosis is easier to prevent by spraying phlox with colloidal sulfur.

Attention! The air temperature during processing must be at least + 18 ° C.

Of the pests, phloxes are most annoyed by nematodes and other filamentous worms. If they settle on plants, the stems become brittle, the leaves and flowers are deformed. Affected phloxes must be dug up and burned, and the soil must be treated with nematicides.

Combination of phlox with other plants

Phlox in landscape design

Phlox compositions with primrose, poppy, edelweiss, dwarf iris and wormwood, aster are successful. This flower looks bright against the background of conifers with a clear shape: thuja, juniper, pine, dwarf spruce. Harmonious combinations of styloid phlox with other ground cover (stonecrop, rejuvenated). Annual plants are good in an ensemble with bells, snapdragons, cereals.

Advice. When choosing "neighbors" for phlox, take into account the flowering period of the plants. By intelligently combining flower cultures, you can create a colorful flower bed that will delight you from spring to autumn.

The use of phlox subulate in landscape design

1. As a lawn. Especially useful for decorating large areas in the garden.
2. Alpine slides and rockeries. Here phlox will decorate the tops and smooth out uneven slopes.
3. For creating borders along gazebos, paths in the garden.
4. In mixborders (mixed flower beds). A styloid phlox will look better in the foreground.
5. In between paths lined with stones or slabs, and on stone steps.
6. For flower arrangements in containers. They are placed on the balcony or at the entrance to the gazebo, near the gate.

Phlox on an alpine slide

To determine what is right for you, look at the bright photos with phloxes. But be sure: no matter what application you find for these colors, they will look festive and original everywhere.You just need to dream up a little to make your site even more attractive.

How to grow phlox correctly: video

Types and varieties of subulate phlox: photo

Subulate phlox will be an excellent decoration for any garden plot. They are bright, showy and absolutely unpretentious. Belongs to the Sinyukhovye family. The subulate phlox is native to North America.

The stem is creeping or erect. Leaves are narrow-oval. The color of the leaves is bright green. Wherein the arrival of winter does not change the color of the leaves... Fragrant flowers form inflorescences. The sizes of the inflorescence are different depending on the variety.

The colors of the flowers are varied: pink, white, red, purple and others.

Varieties

Thanks to breeding work, a huge variety of different plant varieties have been bred.

Carpet lights

This is non-varietal variety culture. This is the name of the plant, because the subulate phlox is a bright and spectacular ground cover, which is lined with a floral carpet. Bright star-shaped flowers look like lights against a background of greenery.

Carpet lights

Candy Strips

Candy Stripes is a very popular variety. The flower is white. There is a wide pink border in the center of the petal. Plants form floral and colorful carpets. Plant height no more than 15 cm.

Flowering lasts throughout the summer season. It is likely to bloom again in early autumn.

Candy Strips

Esmerald Blue

Esmerald Blue is a cultivar with a height up to 15 cm... The flowers are lavender. Plants form a continuous floral carpet.

Esmerald blue

Abundant flowering lasts throughout the summer.

Purple Beauty

Purple Beauty

Purple Beauty is a spectacular varietal variety with bright purple flowers. The petals are strongly separated. The variety is highly prolific. The plant begins to bloom in May.

Flowering lasts for 2 months.

Mayishne

Mayishne

Maischnee is another popular variety of subulate phlox. The flowers are small, wheel-shaped. The color of the flowers is snow-white. Plant height does not exceed 10 cm... Flowering lasts from May to June.

Re-flowering is possible in August, but not as abundant as the first.

Cultivation and care of subulate phlox

Subulate is considered a culture easy to grow and unpretentious.

Ground requirements

Subulate phloxes feel much better on poor and dry soil rather than fertile.

On fertile soil, they practically do not please with their bright and fragrant flowers, since the strength of the plant is spent on building up green mass.

The soil must be loose and neutral... Therefore, if the soil in the area is acidic, then it is recommended to add lime to it.

If the soil is too heavy, it is recommended to add sand to it.

The plant prefers dry soil

It is advisable to plant phloxes in the area where perennial crops previously grew - marigolds, calendula.

Plant in the former strawberry growing area Not recommended, since there is a high risk of contamination of the soil with a nematode.

Landing

Planting seedlings is desirable in early springwhen the soil is already warming up, but retains moisture.

How to plant?

• Before planting, you will need to prepare the soil, for this all weeds are removed;
• Rotten compost can be added to the soil;
• It is not recommended to deeply deepen the seedlings, since the styloid phlox has a superficial root system;
• The distance between the seedlings should be not less than 25 cm.

Care after landing

The care includes the following procedures:

• Systematic loosening of the soil;
• Weed removal;
• Regular and moderate watering. The water is used warm, as cold water causes the stems to crackle;
• Pruning wilted inflorescences.

It tolerates frost well in winter.

In the northern regions can be covered phlox subulate. Film can be used as a cover. However, the stems can sprinkle under cover.As a result, the death of the culture is possible. In snowy winters, they can do without shelter.

In summer, plants tolerate drought and temporary drops in temperature well. In drought, watering is required abundantly.

For the winter, subulate phlox is cut from dry flowers.

Top dressing

At the stage of active growth, it will be necessary to introduce top dressing, which contains nitrogen and potassium... Further, at the flowering stage, you can apply a complex mineral fertilizer.

It is also advisable to add humus. Humus not only stimulates crop growth, but also promotes abundant and intense flowering. It is better to introduce it at the end of the winter period.

Excess fertilizers, especially nitrogen fertilizers, fraught with too little or no flowering.
As a top dressing, you can use wood ash.

Reproduction

Subulate phloxes reproduce in several ways:

• Seed;
• By cuttings;
• By division.

Seeds

Seed propagation is least common method breeding culture. How to propagate subulate phlox using seeds?

1. Sow seeds outdoors at the end of February;
2. When two true leaves appear on the seedlings, they must be transplanted to the main place of growth;
3. The soil where the seedlings grow must always remain moist.

Seeds of slox subulate

Cuttings

1. Cut off the apical cutting of the creeping shoot, you can also use the broken off stem;
2. Remove lower leaves from the handle;
3. Rooting occurs when kept at room temperature in a pot with fertile soil;
4. In spring, it can be transplanted into open ground.

By dividing the rhizome

It is desirable to make division in the spring, but it is possible at the end of flowering.

What is required for reproduction by division?

1. The plant is dug up;
2. The earth is shaken off the earthy coma;
3. Each division must have developed roots;
4. The resulting plants are planted in pre-prepared holes.

Delenka phlox subulate

Diseases and pests

The most common diseases:

• Powdery mildew;
• Variegatedness.

Powdery mildew determined by whitish bloom on the leaves, and variegation manifests itself in the form of ugly patterns on the foliage. It is required to remove the affected parts of the plant.

As a prophylaxis of these diseases, it is required to process the Bordeaux mixture in the spring.

The most common pests:

• Nematode;
• Filamentous worm.

Pests lead to fragility of stems and deformation of leaves... With the development of pests on plants, it is recommended that the plants be dug out of the soil and destroyed, and the soil should be treated with nematicides.

Nematocide for pest control of subulate phlox

Combination with other plants

Subulate phlox successfully coexist with such plants:

• Asters;
• Primroses;
• Low-growing irises;
• Poppies;
• Rejuvenated;
• Snapdragon.

Phloxes are also good next to conifers: thuja, juniper, pine.

Application in landscape design

A subulate phlox is good for planting on small lawns, where the plants form solid flower carpets.

Phlox are also used to create low curbs along garden paths... It is possible to use subulate phlox in rock gardens, rockeries and mixborders.

Especially good flowers in the foreground of flower beds. Also, the culture can be grown in containers that will decorate the verandas, porch or entrance to the garden area.

Thus, the subulate phlox is a bright and unpretentious ground cover that can decorate the garden area, forming a continuous carpet on the lawn. Many varieties are known with a wide variety of colors of flowers-lights.

To create on your site not an ordinary flower garden, but real lakes or a thick carpet of flowers is a very real task if subulate phlox is taken for its implementation.

Description

Phlox subulate / phlox subulata.

Phlox is a plant belonging to the ground cover perennial shrubs of the Sinyukov family.

Basic information about the plant:

• Height: from 15 to 17 cm, there are miniature plants from 5 cm in height, as well as varieties up to 21 cm in height;
• Stem: creeping (lying), green, hard. During the development of the plant, the stem can reach 0.5 m in length. The stem consists of many internodes, which, when in moist soil, often release additional roots. Leaves grow along the entire length on the stems, which are at a short distance from each other.
• Leaves: evergreen, opposite, small (1-2 cm long), narrow, very tough, with a pointed tip. The shape of the leaf, resembling an awl, gave the name to the plant.
• Flowers: small (up to 2 cm in diameter), consist of 5 petals. At the base, they are connected and a tube. When opened, the petals form a flat corolla. The petals are of different colors (white, cream, pink, bright red, blue, etc.), two-color phloxes are often found. During flowering, they exude a delicate aroma.
• Root system: fibrous, consists of many adventitious roots. The depth is up to 15 cm.
• Flowering time: late May - early June. A second flowering period is possible - September.
• Names: The Latin name for phlox subulata is phlox subulata. People also call it creeping, carpet, and also moss carnation.

Varieties

Professional breeders have been practicing subulate phlox for a long time. During this period, they have created many interesting varieties that have become popular among flower growers.

Candy Straps

Phlox subulate "Сandy stripes"

The original color of the petals is the main difference between the Candy Straps variety. Their main color is white, it is almost completely covered by a wide strip with a pink tint. Candy is short, does not rise above 10 cm, blooms profusely, the diameter of the flowers is up to 2 cm. Flowers appear together, Candy blooms for a long time.

Emerald Kushon Blue

Phlox subulate "Emerald cushion blue"

The Emerald Kushon Blue variety has several characteristic differences at once. Firstly, this is the color of the petals: they have a delicate purple color with a bluish tint. Secondly, the abundance of flowering. The flowers of Emerald Kushon Blue are small (up to 15 to 20 mm in diameter), but at the same time there are so many of them that green leaves and stems are not visible behind a beautiful and dense purple carpet. Thirdly, a bright, noticeable aroma.

Emerald Pink

Phlox subulate "Emerald pink"

On any site, the phlox Emerald Pink is always striking - its petals are pinkish with a reddish tint, and the center is highlighted in crimson.

Scarlett flame

Phlox subulate "Scarlet flame"

The flowers of Scarlett Flame are large enough, up to 2.5 cm in diameter, have a very bright, saturated, even somewhat darkish pink color, which corresponds to its name - "fiery". This shrub has a height of 15 cm, blooms twice: in early summer (May - June) and early autumn (August - September).

Possible breeding methods

To breed subulate phlox, you can use one of three methods.

1. Seeds

Using seeds for propagation is not the most common method. This is due to the small number of seeds appearing in the pod after flowering. In one box, on average, there are 2-3 seeds. Usually, the shrub itself uses seed propagation, when new plants appear with the help of self-sowing seeds.
If the gardener managed to collect or purchase seeds, they need to be planted in a container in the fall. A small flat container is filled with a mixture of soil, humus, sand. The seed pods are placed shallowly (1.5 cm) and the container is left in a cool place (cellar, balcony). To create natural conditions, they cover with snow before the new year. During the winter, the sprouts germinate, in early spring (March) they can be planted in a greenhouse, and in April they will be planted in a permanent place in the ground.

2. By dividing the bush

Often, only in personal plots, the division of bushes is used for reproduction. Thus, it is possible to increase the planting of a particular variety of a certain color range. The bushes can be divided in April. The procedure is not difficult, for this you need to pick up a well-grown bush.

• The bush chosen for dividing is carefully dug out.
• The dug out bush is divided into parts so that each has roots.
• The parts separated from the bush are planted in the designated place.

3. Cuttings

In spring (early April) and summer (after flowering), you can use another method of reproduction of styloid phlox - cuttings. The semi-shrub has a high survival rate, therefore, it does not require complex actions or special preparation for cuttings.
Any escape can become a cutting. It is desirable that it has several roots from the internode, but their absence will not hurt: the cutting itself will take root.
Those parts of the shoots that were broken off when dividing the bush can also become cuttings.

4. Rooting pinned shoots

Several new plants can be obtained from the growing stems of phlox. This is facilitated by the rapid emergence of roots on those parts of the stem, which turned out to be lying directly on wet ground. This feature is used for reproduction. The selected stem is laid on the ground and sprinkled with soil in the place that will become the center of the new bush. After rooting, the new shrub is cut from the old plant.

Video "Spring phlox - subulate phlox"

Planting phlox subulate

Phlox are one of the most convenient plants for flower growers. They are unpretentious, take root well, do not require special care. But certain rules for planting and caring for a plant must be followed in order to achieve its lush flowering.

Seat selection

For all its undemandingness, the subulate phlox has its own preferences for the landing site. The plant thrives best in sunny places with well-drained soil. If the plant is planted in areas with heavy soil, it must be diluted with sand.
In partial shade, you can also achieve good flowering, but care must be taken that the soil is not excessively wet: phlox suffers in wetlands, in areas with high humidity.
Poor or stony soil will not cause problems for the plant, phlox will easily master it and cover it with a beautiful carpet. The plant develops better on neutral soils.

Landing

Before planting, a planting pit is prepared for the shrub. The order of its filling: drainage (expanded clay, pebbles), a mixture of soil with humus and a small amount of ash. Seedlings, cuttings or parts of a bush are dipped in Kornevin's solution, after which they are planted at a distance of 30 cm from each other, so that each bush has room for stems that will soon appear.

When planting in early spring, when the soil is still wet, additional watering of the planted plants is not required. If the cuttings are planted later, when the soil has already become dry, it is moistened around the planted cuttings. In this case, you need to be careful not to overfill the cutting. The planted cuttings are covered with a non-woven cloth and left for several days (up to 1 week) for the cuttings to take root.

Care

Phlox subulate grade "Aurora"

The cultivation and care of subulate phlox includes traditional procedures.

Watering

Moderation when watering is one of the conditions for the successful development of a plant. The beautiful shrub is hardy and can withstand short dry periods. Excessive moisture becomes more problematic for the plant, it can lead to decay of the roots and plant diseases.
Therefore, the flowers are watered sparingly, after the top layer of the soil dries up. In a dry summer, watering is carried out once every 2-3 days, the rest of the time it is enough to water the subulate phlox once a week.

Weeding

Growing and caring for a decorative dwarf shrub is not complete without systematic weeding.The soil is cleared of weeds before planting, trying to remove the roots in it from the soil mixture. In the future, the plant is weeded regularly.

Top dressing

During the season, you need to carry out several dressings of phlox. This will prolong flowering, make the plant strong and hardy.
Most often, gardeners feed the plant with liquid manure, a small amount (25 g) is diluted in 10 liters of water. You can also use mineral fertilizers.

FEEDING	TERM	WHAT TO FEED
First feeding	before flowering (end of April)	diluted manure or fertilizers based on nitrogen and potassium.
Second feeding	June	manure solution with the addition of superphosphate
Third feeding	end of july	ash solution (ash (300 g), hot water (2 l) is boiled for 7-10 minutes. After the solution has completely cooled down, water the plants with it). Instead of an ash solution, you can use a phosphorus-potassium supplement.

Pruning

In the spring, you can prune the plant. This will form a beautiful bush. When pruning at other times (summer, autumn), the buds on the shoots are removed, which leads to problems next year.
Timely removal of corollas, which have faded and dried up, provides a second flowering (August - September).

Video "Phlox subulate - planting, care and reproduction"

Disease and pest control

Phlox subulate is a fairly strong plant that is resistant to many diseases.

Most often, help is required for shrubs that show signs of powdery mildew (lethargy, slow development, reduced flowering). With this fungal disease, it is necessary to start an urgent fight. To stop its development, not only diseased plants are removed from the plantings, but also the topsoil where they grew. After that, the soil and the remaining flowers are treated with any antifungal drug.

To prevent the appearance of powdery mildew, it is possible in the spring, before flowering, to carry out preventive treatment of plantings. To do this, use Bordeaux liquid, and also carry out treatment with "Topaz" before and after flowering.

The pests of the plant are spider mites. Spots first appear on the leaves, then the entire leaf dries out. Caterpillars often attack stems, and nematodes are another pest. When pests appear, it is necessary to remove the damaged plants and treat the remaining plantings with special preparations ("Actrophyt", etc.).

The use of subulate phlox in decorating the site

The beautiful shrub has found wide application in garden design. It is often used to create beautiful alpine slides or vibrant lawns. Given the plant's low growth, it looks good as a border that adorns garden paths or grows between the tiles of the path.
Phlox is appropriate in flower beds and flowerpots, in single plantings, in combination with other flowers (sedum, snapdragon, bell) or cereals.
Phlox subulate on the site - this is beauty for many years!

Subulate phlox is called because of the pointed shape of the leaves.

A subulate phlox is an ornamental plant up to 15 cm high, with dense greenery and small bright flowers.

The name is associated with narrow and pointed leaves, due to which the stem of the flower resembles a coniferous twig.

Subulate phloxes usually bloom twice a summer: first from May to mid-June, the second time in August-September.

Landing

Seat selection

In nature, the favorite places of this plant are dry and sunny hills and sandy slopes, rocky areas.

Insufficient ventilation is bad for these flowers. They will bloom poorly if planted too closely or under a solid wall. Better to plant them at a distance from the fence or choose more openwork, breathable barriers.

Subulate phlox, like all evergreens, need snow cover in winter.

These flowers will grow quickly and take up the area intended for them.Shoots grow more than 10 cm per year and root well.

Timing for boarding

By the beginning of summer, phlox should take root well in the soil.

The subulate phlox is propagated by cuttings and seeds. Cuttings are cut in early spring, planted in seedling boxes or prepared beds, and watered with warm water.

Young plants from boxes are transplanted into open ground.

Such cuttings root perfectly in late spring-early summer, and by autumn they become adult plants.

Soil preparation

The root system of subulate phlox is located at a depth of 15 cm. Due to the fact that they require a thin layer of soil, these flowers adorn rocky areas and alpine hills.

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The soil for planting subulate phlox should be dry and well-drained. In addition, it is important to know what has grown on this land recently: pests may remain from last year. So, if strawberries grew on the site in the previous season, the likelihood of phlox infection with roundworms is very high.

It is safest to plant subulate phlox in areas where lawn perennial grasses or flowers such as marigolds (tagetes) and calendula grew.

It is important to clear the area from the roots of perennial weeds. Phlox, intertwining with stems, form turf, through which a strong weed can break through and spoil the appearance of the site. It will be very difficult to remove such a weed and not damage the flowers.

Liming is a must for acidic soil

Acidic soils - as, for example, in the Moscow region - need to be limed. For this, lime or dolomite flour is thoroughly mixed with the soil.

200-400 grams of lime is consumed per square meter, or less, depending on the situation.

In very heavy soils, a little sand is added before planting flowers.

Care

Not too abundant watering, timely weeding and fertilization 2-3 times per season - usually this is enough for awl-shaped phlox to be healthy and look great.

Areas with old plants need to be rejuvenated.

If your phlox is five years old or older, they may develop leafless fragments and bloom less abundantly.

Feeding

Before flowering, from about the end of April to mid-May, nitrogen-potassium fertilizers are applied to the soil. If necessary, complete mineral fertilizer is added in the middle of summer.

Wood ash is both a phlox fertilizer and a pest control

One of the best feeding methods is wood ash.

It contains all the necessary macro- and microelements, although there is no nitrogen. Ash solution also helps as a means of pest control.

If you overdo it with fertilizers, as well as on very fertile soils, subulate phloxes will give a thick green carpet, but rarely and badly bloom.

The best conditions for their flowering are created on relatively dry, poor soils.

Watering

Water subulate phlox should be very sparing. These are drought-resistant plants, excess moisture harms them. Outwardly, signs of waterlogging may look like this: the plants are weakened, the flowers are rare, there is no solid carpet effect.

Pruning

It is enough once a year, after flowering, to remove old stems and correct the shape of the green massif. In the spring, after the snow melts, dry shoots can be cut off.

Pests and diseases

To protect plants from powdery mildew, preventive treatment is carried out before and after flowering - for example, with the Topaz composition.

In case of damage by caterpillars, insecticides are used.

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Application in landscape design

Various varieties of subulate phlox make it possible to create real artistic compositions.

The flowers of subulate phlox can be monochromatic or decorated with stripes, contrasting borders, with bright stars in the middle.Color - from the purest white to deep purple, including all shades of pink and lilac, cyan and blue-violet. Leaves of different varieties also differ in color saturation and shade.

The dense greenery between flowering periods looks great on rocky areas of the garden, on the slopes, terraces and alpine slides. A subulate phlox often frames multi-level flower beds - mixborders.

During flowering, the effect of a solid carpet allows, by combining varieties of different colors, to obtain delightful compositions on lawns and very small flower beds.

The most beautiful and popular varieties of subulate phlox are presented in the photo gallery:

Jul 21, 2015Elena Tymoshchuk