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Red Wings Creeping Phlox – Deep Crimson with Dark Centers

Red Wings Creeping Phlox: Carpet of Deep Crimson Flowers

Wonderfully showy spring flowering perennial. Deep crimson flowers with dark centers produce a carpet of color. Perfect as rock garden accent or mixed with annuals. Evergreen perennial.

Plant Profile

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

Photo credit: Richard Shiell

Groundcovers: Brown Creeping Phlox in Spring: Winter Kill or Disease?; Spring Care for Creeping Phlox: To Trim or Not?; Red Yucca – Year-Round Blooming Desert Perennial; Creeping Mahonia – Yellow Flowers & Blue-Black Berries; Creeping Phlox Candy Stripe – Pink-Striped White Flowers; Emerald Blue Creeping Phlox – Deep Blue Flower Carpet; Creeping Phlox 'Candy Stripe' – Pink-Striped White Flowers for Carpets of Color; Red Wings Creeping Phlox: Crimson Spring Carpet; Red Drift Rose: Scarlet-Red Groundcover Blooms All Season, Excellent Disease Resistance; Red Meidiland Rose: Red Flowers with White Center, Good Groundcover

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