Polemoniaceae
Phlox alyssifolia subsp. alyssifolia
Phlox alyssifolia subsp. alyssifolia
Also known as Phlox sevorsa, Phlox alyssifolia f. sevorsa, Phlox alyssifolia subsp. vera
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Alyssum Phlox · Mat Forming · Rock Garden · Prairie Native · Spring Flowers · Low Growing · Perennial · Ground Cover · Pollinator · Polemoniaceae
Alyssum-leaved phlox is a compact, mat-forming perennial native to the northern Great Plains and Canadian prairies, well suited to rock gardens and border edges. It thrives in well-drained soils in full sun to part shade and requires very little care once established. Clusters of small, delicate flowers in white to pale lavender appear in spring and early summer, attracting bees and butterflies.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 5.8–7.7
- Temperature
- -40°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 8 in – 12 in
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alberta, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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