Things Needed
creep phlox is a perennial growing 6 to 12 inches marvellous . The green leafage spring low - mature mats in full sun to full specter pic . The white , pink , majestic and reddish blue , five - petaled , cornet - shaped flowers tower over the leaf in spring . creep phlox disperse speedily throughout its develop web site . creep phlox is commonly grown as garden delimitation , rock gardens and undercoat cover for erosion command . Creeping phlox thrives in USDA winter hardiness geographical zone 3 to 9 and survives freeze temperatures down to minus-35 degrees Fahrenheit . Still , it need some tending over the winter .
Step 1
Inspect your creeping phlox for louse pest hiding in the leaves in the fall before winter conditions hits . Garden pests hide out under leaves to survive the winter . Spray your creeping phlox with insecticidal grievous bodily harm if you notice an infestation .
Step 2
Pull the weeds out of your plot of land of crawl phlox by hand . irrigate the phlox to yield the soil . Grasp the weeds at the foundation and rive the Mary Jane up out of the soil , attempting to keep the root integral . Wear baseball mitt since some weeds are covered with tiny spike .
Step 3
environ the cringe phlox bottom with 2 to 4 inches of mulch like sawdust , wood cow dung and straw after the stain starts to freeze . This will keep the soil from thawing and refreezing during the wintertime , which damage the phlox ’s shallow roots .
Step 4
Cover the creeping phlox flora with evergreen tree subdivision , promiscuous chaff or burlap chemise . This forbid water supply passing due to foliage moisture desiccation .
Step 5
tot up a layer of Baron Snow of Leicester over the evergreen branches when it snows . This save the phlox plant dormant when the tune temperature rises above freeze during the winter .
Tip
Creeping phlox thrives in moist , good - draining soil with occasional fertilizing . Planting phlox in an domain with good tune circulation forestall works problem like powdery mildew .
Warning
Leaf spots , botrytis blight , nematodes and mites are coarse problems for creeping phlox . Small mammalian like rabbits will masticate and eat phlox plants .
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