Bedazzled Pink Creeping Phlox - 72-Cell Plug Tray

Bedazzled Pink is a hybrid spring phlox with bright, medium pink star-shaped flowers, each with a small dark purple star at the eye. It blooms a few days to a week earlier than standard creeping phlox, depending on the weather.

Growth is moderate the first year, then it knits into a groundcover about 6 to 8 inches tall and nearly 3 feet wide. It is easy to grow, handles lean soil and is well suited to edging, slopes and rock gardens. Butterflies and bees visit in early spring.

What it looks like

Star-shaped flowers about 3/4 to 1 inch across have five notched petals in bright medium pink, with a small deep purple starburst at the center. The blooms cover the plant so densely that the foliage is mostly hidden. Leaves are small, narrow and green on trailing stems. The plant forms a rounded, spreading mat about 6 to 8 inches tall and 32 to 38 inches wide. At peak bloom it is a broad, solid cushion of pink.

Growing it with lavender

Creeping phlox likes the same sun and well-drained soil as lavender, and its bright pink carpet makes a neat spring edging along lavender beds, blooming weeks before the lavender does.

Care

Grow in full sun in lean to average, well-drained soil; once established it handles dry spells well. Hardy in zones 4-8. Expect modest growth the first year before it knits into a groundcover, and trim lightly after bloom to keep the mat dense.

At a glance

• Botanical name: Phlox
• Flower color: Medium pink with a dark purple star eye
• Foliage: Green
• Growth habit: Rounded, spreading groundcover
• Mature size: 6–8 in tall × 32–38 in wide
• USDA hardiness zones: 4–8
• Light: full sun
• Bloom start: Mid-April
• Peak bloom: Late-April
• Bloom pattern: Single Flush
• Deer resistance: Moderately resistant
• Pollinator value: Good

Sizes and shipping

One full 72-cell plug tray: 72 young starter plugs of this variety (cells about 1⅓ in. wide × 2½ in. deep), rooted and ready to pot up into quarts or gallons. Best for growers and nurseries. Potted plants and plug trays ship during our live-plant seasons, March 1–May 31 and October 1–November 30; June through September is local pickup only. Plugs, potted plants and trays do not ship to AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT or WA.