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Creeping Phlox Candy Stripe – Pink-Striped White Flowers

Creeping Phlox Candy Stripe: Carpet of Pink-Striped Blooms

Masses of tiny white flowers with a distinct pink mid-stripe cover this mat-forming creeper for a long period. Creates a colorful carpet for bank plantings or rock gardens. Evergreen perennial.

Plant Profile

Light: Full sun
Moisture: Moderate
Height: 2 feet or less
Spread: 2–4 feet

Photo credit: Doreen Wynja

Groundcovers: Brown Creeping Phlox in Spring: Winter Kill or Disease?; Spring Care for Creeping Phlox: To Trim or Not?; Creeping Phlox 'Candy Stripe' (Phlox subulata): Bicolor Spring Carpet; Creeping Mahonia – Yellow Flowers & Blue-Black Berries; Emerald Blue Creeping Phlox – Deep Blue Flower Carpet; Red Wings Creeping Phlox – Deep Crimson with Dark Centers; Creeping Phlox 'Candy Stripe' – Pink-Striped White Flowers for Carpets of Color; Emerald Blue Creeping Phlox – Carpet of Deep Blue Flowers; Red Wings Creeping Phlox: Crimson Spring Carpet; Apricot Candy Rose: Ruffled Apricot Petals with Spicy Fragrance

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