Gowen Gardens & Nursery

Seeds are eaten by songbirds, wild turkeys and small mammals. Attractive pink-red fruit opens to reveal orange berries.

Butterflies nectar at the blooms. Other insects also feed at the flowers, especially beetles.

Use this plant in open shade gardens, woodland areas, native, pollinator, or cottage gardens. Notable for attracting wildlife.

Phlox stolonifera, or creeping phlox, is a spreading, mat-forming phlox which is native to wooded areas and stream banks.