Please note, items may ship green without blooms. This Expert Gardener 1QT Purple Phlox Subulata Perennial Live Plants (5 Pack) with Grower Pot is also known as creeping phlox. It grows close to the ground and spreads across it, creating a mat-like carpet that is topped with cheery, five-petaled blooms in pinks, lavenders, reds, purples, or whites that cover the plant from late May to early May. It prefers sites that have full sun and well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant when established. It is a pretty plant in rock gardens or as an edging plant. It is beautiful covering slopes or cascading over low walls. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees are attracted to the flowers. Plant these colorful flowers grouped together in garden beds, or combine them with other annuals and perennials for a beautiful mix of seasonal color. For healthy plants that will bloom all season, water until plants are established. Then simply water as needed. Feed plants with an all purpose appropriate plant food in spring and fall at the base of the plant.