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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Soil
Dry, sandy or rocky soils.
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Ground Cover, Native Plant, Perennial, Wildflower, Herb
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
0-1 ft.
Flower
Pink moss has loose, terminal, flattened clusters (cymes) of fragrant, tubular flowers (to 3/4” wide) that bloom in April-May. The flowers are red-purple to bluish-purple, pink, or infrequently white. Each flower has five, flat, petal-like, rounded, notched lobes. The calyx is 5-lobed, green, and lobes are awl-shaped, tapering to a point The corolla is slender, tubular with the 5 lobes spreading at right angles to the tube, and less than an inch in size.
Fruit
Inconspicuous oval seed capsules
Benefits
Attracts
Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Pollinators
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Taxonomy
Order
Solanales
Family
Polemoniaceae
Genus
Phlox