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#207361 - 05/07/08 07:00 PM Purple Creeping Phlox........today.
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I have a new flower in bloom today.. Purple creeping phlox......It is the mostest for hill climbing.
Check it out, You might like it.
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#207367 - 05/07/08 07:10 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: dodge]
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I do like! ooo preettyy i love it i love purple and blue flowers thir the best
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#207370 - 05/07/08 07:14 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: toposh]
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Toposh .thanks.

It is a site to behold...Everyone can see it and love it.......It takes a geat while till it does that , but worth it. I put a Hot pink in the top center there, 2 years ago, but it isnt very visible yet.......
Care free, except the grass does pop up.


Hey fella Got your bags packed for next weeks trip?????????
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#207390 - 05/07/08 10:01 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: dodge]
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That is gorgeous, Dodge! I love, love , love creeping phlox!!!
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#207395 - 05/08/08 04:19 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: melcon6]
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Hey gurl well it is absoulutly gorgeous!!! I was thinking those would look really pretty in pots too! No i don't have everything packed yet but im getting there im about to do the dmv test online today so please pray and wish me luck!?
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#207443 - 05/08/08 08:57 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: toposh]
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Very pretty Dodge. I bought a pink one last spring, hoping it grows like those.
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#207452 - 05/08/08 09:56 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: tamara]
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Very very nice! Don't you wish they bloomed all the way up till frost?
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#207458 - 05/08/08 10:49 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: alankhart]
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Melcon,tamara, toposh,alankhart,



Thanks for the kinds words....Yes if only they bloomed till frost..
Tam I started a piece of hot pink.. so far it is only about 2 x4........takes a while.

Thanks you kind souls.......................
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#207461 - 05/08/08 11:06 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: toposh]
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 Originally Posted By: toposh
Hey gurl well it is absoulutly gorgeous!!! I was thinking those would look really pretty in pots too! No i don't have everything packed yet but im getting there im about to do the dmv test online today so please pray and wish me luck!?


Saying a good luck prayer for toposh , tests........Be cool.
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#207500 - 05/08/08 03:34 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: dodge]
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absolutely gorgeous dodge!!
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#207502 - 05/08/08 03:38 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Joclyn]
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That is awesome Dodge,., !!!!!!!!!
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#207507 - 05/08/08 03:57 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Joclyn]
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Joclyn......Thanks.....That's the Pennsylvania weather for you...LOL

Hint hint hint..........
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#207958 - 05/11/08 04:26 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: dodge]
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Absolutely beautiful! I have seen those around town lately, so I bought and planted 7 of them!

What kind of care do you give them at the end of the season; ut them down?

I put them in the landscaping, so I may not let them go totally unpruned, I am guessinf it is ok to pinck them back here and there to keep them somewhat contained?

Thanks for sharing the pictured and thanks for any info! :)
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#207975 - 05/11/08 06:14 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Redflower]
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Wow ......SO glad you like them.. THere is some grass I have to keep pullin out of them ........I dont do a thing to them..
Takes a long time here to get that huge.. It is on a rocky type bad claysoil there and my last resort .....
Good luck and what color are yours? My hot pink isnt too big yet.
Thanks for the compliments......

GUrneys one year had them in a zig zag thing in several colors.. WOw.
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#208042 - 05/11/08 03:02 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: dodge]
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i was given some phlox 'david' (the purple one, of course ). will that spread out like yours, dodge?
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#208057 - 05/11/08 04:23 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Joclyn]
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I dont know the name of mine at all? Just it probably said 6 inches tall....MOst of them do spread.. I have another type that gets taller , and I dont like it as well......
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#208074 - 05/11/08 05:44 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: dodge]
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verynice Dodge. I have the same color and a pink. The Purple seems to most aggressive. and I too have to keep pulling grass out of it. Mine isn't in bloom yet. a lot of cemetaries have phlox in them so some people up here call them cemetary plants.
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#208079 - 05/11/08 05:49 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: ladyslipper]
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Perhaps some day they will be ever blooming ones.. THe tall types bloom lots longer.
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#208081 - 05/11/08 05:55 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Joclyn]
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 Originally Posted By: Joclyn
i was given some phlox 'david' (the purple one, of course ). will that spread out like yours, dodge?


Jocelyn, what dodge has is phlox subulata , creeping phlox or moss phlox.
'David' as far as I know, is a phlox paniculata or garden phlox or tall phlox, and it is white.

I love both types of phlox and I have all different colors of both types. Spring is bloom time for the subulata and late summer, fall is the bloom time for phlox paniculata. Subulata stays very short and doesn't need any care, paniculata gets tall and needs to be cut back to the ground every year. I usually do this late fall.
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#208084 - 05/11/08 06:50 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Joclyn]
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This is what I think is David's phlox
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#208085 - 05/11/08 06:51 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Bestofour]
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I have the purple type too. It's beautiful but this year it got full of some type of weed and to get the weed out I ended up pulling up most of the phlox too.
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#208135 - 05/11/08 08:52 PM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Bestofour]
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thanks for clarifying the different types, melcone! the david one that i was given is a new variety...and it is purple :)
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#208195 - 05/12/08 05:49 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Joclyn]
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I have the hot pink, the blue and a bluey-purple, not to mention the tall white! I love flox, they are beautiful!




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#208209 - 05/12/08 06:11 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Ellymae]
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very pretty ellymae
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#208211 - 05/12/08 06:12 AM Re: Purple Creeping Phlox........today. [Re: Joclyn]
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 Originally Posted By: Joclyn
thanks for clarifying the different types, melcone! the david one that i was given is a new variety...and it is purple :)


Is it tall? I'd love to see a picture. I just have red and white. I'll bet the purple is beautiful.
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