Phlox Caespitosa
Tufted Phlox
Phlox caespitosa, a dicot, is a perennial cushion-forming herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America, and which bears lavender to white single flat fragrant flowers in Spring and early Summer
Contributed by @TheGreenRaven
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Tufted Phlox
Latin name
Phlox Caespitosa
type
Evergreen Perennials
family
Polemoniaceae
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5.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.80 M
0.15 M
Phlox Caespitosa
Phlox caespitosa, a dicot, is a perennial cushion-forming herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America, and which bears lavender to white single flat fragrant flowers in Spring and early Summer
Flowering Season
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Flowering season from late spring to early summer.
Plant container plants
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant container plants in a sunny position.
Propagation by Softwood Cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
TheGreenRaven