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'Purple Sprite' Hybrid Spring Phlox Phlox hybrid

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Early Spring
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
8" 22" 20cm 56cm
Height: 6" - 8"
Spread: 18" - 22"
Height: 15cm - 20cm
Spread: 46cm - 56cm
  • Details

    6 - 8 Inches
    18 - 22 Inches
    18 - 22 Inches
    15cm - 20cm
    46cm - 56cm
    46cm - 56cm

    Features

    This hybrid Phlox forms a low, mounding habit of bright purple flowers with a tiny white halo in the center. It blooms about a week or so after Phlox subulata and does not spread aggressively.

    Salt Tolerant
    Attracts: 
    Bees
    Butterflies
    Native to North America

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Perennial
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    6 - 8 Inches 15cm - 20cm
    Spacing: 
    18 - 22 Inches 46cm - 56cm
    Spread: 
    18 - 22 Inches 46cm - 56cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Purple
    Flower Shade: 
    Bright purple
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Needs Good Drainage
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Poor Soil
    Soil PH Category: 
    Neutral Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Edging Plant
    Uses: 
    Groundcover
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Maintenance Notes: 

    Gritty, neutral soils are preferred and good drainage is essential. This type tolerates more shade than other Phlox, but still grows best in full sun.

    'Purple Sprite' Phlox hybrid USPPAF 31,272
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