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Phlox is a low-maintenance perennial flowering plant that grows quickly and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. The small colorful flowers are star shaped and cover the plant in a blanket during blooming.
Phlox bifida and Phlox stolonifera should be divided in early fall when temperatures begin to cool. They should be re-planted a minimum of four to six weeks prior to freezing winter temperatures. This is the usual time to divide spring-and summer-blooming perennial plants.and phlox (Phlox bifida), known also as creeping phlox, is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 to 8. It grows to a height of 3 to 6 inches and produces pale blue or almost white flowers in May. Creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera) is hardy in USDA zones 5 to 9.