Phlox subulata Nettletons Variation 3a yet also one of the

yet also one of the most heat sensitive

Salvia chamaedryoides differs in having silvery-grey foliage and cobalt blue flowers and it is a smaller plant

forming a nice mass to 18" tall x 3' wide

with vertical bands of white and green

as well as summer flowering when many spring perennials have finished flowering or gone dormant

Phlox subulata Nettletons Variation 3a yet also one of thePhlox subulata 'Nettleton's Variation' is an English discovery of our North American (Maine to Wisconsin, and south to Louisiana) native, discovered in the late 1980s by UK nurseryman Robert Potterton as a sport on Phlox subulata 'Alexander's Surprise'. The white edged needle like foliage is flushed pink during the colder months. In early spring, the foliage is topped with clusters of large salmon pink flowers perfect for the rock garden.