Phlox subulata 'Eye Shadow' ~ Eye Shadow Creeping Phlox firefly Lady Banks' and garden vase

Lady Banks' and garden vase at Myddelton House

Goldflame is highly disease resistant and can be trained into a mounded shrub form of 4-6ft

The rigid sturdy stalks that grow from the center of the plant are topped by fragrant blooms of deep near-black bearded flowers first in late spring and again in summer

the large and highly fragrant double-petaled water lily-like flowers of clear white or the palest shade of pink bloom in late winter or early spring before the foliage emerges

Phlox subulata 'Eye Shadow' ~ Eye Shadow Creeping Phlox firefly Lady Banks' and garden vaseEye Shadow Creeping Phlox is a low spreading native evergreen perennial with dark green awl shaped foliage and trailing stems. The dense carpet of rosy purple flowers with dark purple eye notches bloom from late spring into summer attracting butterflies. Best flowering in full sun and rich, moist, well drained soils. Type: Perennial Origins: Appalachian Mountains, GA Native Height: 0. 5' Spread: 1. 5 2 Spacing: 2 USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 9 Culture: Full