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Violet Pinwheels Phlox

Phlox x 'Violet Pinwheels'

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Phlox x 'Violet Pinwheels' is a long blooming native hybrid covered with rich purple flowers from mid-to-late spring. The notched upturned petals shimmer like tiny pinwheels in the spring air, harmonizing beautifully with spring blooms and attracting pollinators. With evergreen needle-like foliage, this low-growing perennial behaves like Creeping Phlox, but with more intense flowering. A hybrid of two western native Phlox species, this is a resilient groundcover for Western gardens.

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Phlox x 'Violet Pinwheels' is an early blooming evergreen perennial, with blooms lasting for up to 6 weeks. Requiring a full sun location and average soil, it needs moderate water to establish; thereafter it is a hardy, waterwise plant. Perfect for rock gardens or slopes where it can help stabilize soil, it covers ground beautifully. Attractive to hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies it provides much-needed early food sources for pollinators. A perfect pairing to create a carpet of color beneath spring blooming bulbs such as Crocus, Tulips, Daffodils, and Snowdrops. This North American native hybrid was developed by Dr. Jim Ault at Chicago Botanic Garden as a cross between Phlox bifida, or Sand Phlox, and Phlox kelseyi, a mat-forming western Phlox. This Phlox is lower-growing and slower to spread compared to classic Creeping Phlox varieties such as ‘Purple Beauty’ or ‘Blue Emerald’.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Mid to late spring

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Native
  • Groundcover
  • Mass Plantings
  • Evergreen
  • Easy To Grow
  • Low Maintenance
  • Fragrant
  • Erosion Control
  • Rock Gardens
  • Deer Resistant

Tolerates

  • Occasional Drought
  • Low Fertility
  • Salt

Additional information

Mature Height

4-5" tall

Mature Spread

24-36" wide

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Compost Enriched Garden Loam Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Waterwise

Planting Time

  • Fall

Native To

North America

Growing Zones

  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes

Can Send To PO Box

No

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

No

Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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Nice low grower, seems pretty adaptable.

"Like these a good bit, very early blooms, nice color. I haven't really put them to the test of not watering them yet, nor do I know how big they'll get. I will say I have some in a south facing rock garden that dries out super fast, a north facing rock garden in part shade that stays cool and moist longer, and a parking strip that the neighbors sprinklers constantly keeps soaking wet in full sun. They seem to be doing good in each spot, so it seems to be fairly adaptable to different conditions."

— Chad (5/5)

AMAZING COLOR

"This phlox creates a stunning, intense, deep purple carpet, and blooms a very long time. It spreads somewhat slowly — a 4"" pot (purchased elsewhere) is now a 12"" plant 6 years later. I've had a hard time finding it at nurseries so I'm happy to see HCG offer it."

— Chick C. (5/5)

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