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Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata 'Eye Shadow'
Also called eye shadow creeping phlox
Eye Shadow Moss Phlox blooms from May through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 2–9. Expect it to reach about 4 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
Is Eye Shadow Moss Phlox toxic to dogs or cats?
- Listed as non-toxic to dogs and cats by NC State Extension.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. 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 Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
Plant Eye Shadow Moss 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 2 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from May to June.
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 Eye Shadow Moss Phlox get?
4 intall5 ft 7 inan adult20 inwideSee Eye Shadow Moss 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 Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Eye Shadow Moss Phlox about 20 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Eye Shadow Moss 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
Eye Shadow Moss Phlox's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags were checked against 6 published sources on October 21, 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.
- gertens.comGertens Garden Center (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota; NetPS text and...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- newblooms.comNew Blooms Nursery (New Albany, Indiana)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Plant Addictsqueue store; Brand field blankheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Walters Gardensbreeder, Zeeland, Michiganheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- darwinperennials.comDarwin Perennials (licensed Walters Gardens plant)height, spread, hardiness zones, water and bloom months and color
- stonepostnursery.comStonepost Nursery (Raymond, New Hampshire)height, bloom months and color and trait tags
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Where it grows wild
A garden form of Creeping Phlox (Phlox subulata)
Its wild parent is native to 27 states and 5 provinces.
Its parent's own page: Creeping Phlox.
United States: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and 15 more
Canada: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
Also grows wild, but is not native, in Illinois.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
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