Rocky areas in your landscape can be a challenge to fill with beautiful flowering plants, but we've got you covered with blooms perfect for these sunny spots.

Creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera) handles part shade well, while moss phlox (Phlox subulata) thrives in full sun and dazzles with vibrant color in spring. Thyme In high-traffic areas, consider thyme.

Phlox subulata, also known as creeping phlox or moss phlox drapes over rocks and retaining walls and can be a great addition to gardens. Phlox subulata is native to parts of Minnesota.

Turn a functional wall into a waterfall of blooms. With its signature pink and purple flowers appearing in March and early April, creeping phlox is one of the first harbingers of spring. Its delicate, ...

Rocky Mountain Gardens recently celebrated its first annual opening day. They called it 'The Phlox Fest.' It brings attention to the Missoula Phlox plant.

A. You got me between a rock and a soft place when it comes to rock garden plants. I am rock solid in my recommendation of creeping phlox (hot pink, lavender and purple varieties), candytuft or ...

A fun one that seems to be a little more predominant on country roads is the creeping phlox. This low growing evergreen groundcover is a tough plant that grows great in a rock garden or on a hillside.

Phlox is the perfect addition to rock gardens and shrub beds in the home landscape, and creeping and moss varieties make colorful groundcovers in the landscape.

Carpet your garden with hundreds of pink, white, purple, or variegated blooms by planting creeping phlox. Also known as moss phlox, this eastern North American native thrives in sunny spots to bring ...

Michael Hagen, curator of the rock garden and native plant garden at New York Botanical Garden. Brendan J. O’Reilly on Nov 6, 2024 Gardening with native plants doesn’t require large open ...