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Candy Cloud Pink Phlox
Phlox 'Balcloudink'
Also called candy cloud pink
Candy Cloud Pink Phlox blooms from April through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Candy Cloud Pink Phlox
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 16 in tall and 16 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
Pets
- No toxic listing found for dogs and cats in the sources we check.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Candy Cloud Pink Phlox. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Candy Cloud Pink Phlox
Plant Candy Cloud Pink Phlox in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from April to May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Candy Cloud Pink Phlox get?
16 intall5 ft 7 inan adult16 inwideSee Candy Cloud Pink Phlox in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Candy Cloud Pink Phlox
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Candy Cloud Pink Phlox about 16 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Candy Cloud Pink Phlox to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Candy Cloud Pink Phlox's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 11 published sources on October 13, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- siteone.comSiteOne Landscape Supplyheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- servescape.comServeScapeheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- darwinperennials.comDarwin Perennialsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- flowertrials.colostate.eduColorado State University, 2025 Perennial Flower Trial reportheight, spread, bloom months and color and pests
- growertalks.comGrowerTalks, Chris Fifo (Darwin Perennials product representative)height, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and diseases
- NC State ExtensionGardener Plant Toolboxdiseases, pests and toxicity
- agsci.psu.eduPenn State Flower Trials, 2025 InGround evaluation reportbloom months and color
- agsci.psu.eduPenn State Flower Trials, 2026 InGround evaluation reportbloom months and color
- darwinperennials.comDarwin Perennials 2026 catalogbloom months and color
- growertalks.comGrowerTalks, 2025 California Spring Trials introduction reportbloom months and color
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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