Phlox subulata Purple Beauty

Phlox subulata love well-drained, dry to moist soils, which are fairly fertile even though they can adapt to poor soil. In humid regions, it is preferable to cultivate them on sloping terrain, in a rock garden, or at the top of a flowering wall, in a well-drained, sandy, gravelly, even limestone or clay soil. We have noticed that this phlox dislikes the scorching sun even more than P. douglasii; it is preferable to plant it in a partially shaded area. It tolerates drought fairly well once established.