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Phlox 'Sileniflora'

Silene-flower Phlox

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Item #: 6422

Zones: 3a to 7b

Dormancy:

Height: 1" tall

Culture: Sun

Origin: Zaire

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Forget everything you know about phlox before you look at this plant. Phlox 'Sileniflora' is an introduction of the late rock garden guru Linc Foster, who thought it might be a hybrid of P. subulata. We'll leave that debate to the experts, but to us, it looks like a creeping phlox whose head was shaved by an inebriated Britney Spears. The miniature needles are tightly congested, producing a small, 6" wide clump of foliage. In mid-spring, the clumps are topped with tiny, pure white flowers. Plant this in a special place in the rock garden, and take a GPS reading so you can actually find it again.