Phlox x hybrid 'Majestic Magenta' - SPRING HYBRID PHLOX 'MAJESTIC MAGENTA' (clumping to moderate spreading & earlier)

Moderately-wide spreading to wider-clump forming hybrid phlox (won't take over your garden). Blooms 1-2 weeks earlier than common creeping phlox and meets with tulips and other bulbs.

Deep pink flowers.

Blooming time : early to mid spring - usually for 4 weeks at the of April (depending on your zone)

Size : 4-6” tall x 24-28" wide (12-16" wide after the first year)

USDA zones : 4 to 8

Culture : full sun, half shade, dappled sun. Adaptable plant, but some drainage is preferred - average, heavier, organic, gravelly, rocky, sandy soils, poor and shallow soils, xeriscape.

Moisture Needs : dry, medium-dry

Origin : Introduced by Hans Hansen from Walters Gardens in 2020. 'Majestic Magenta' comes from a cross between Phlox subulata ‘Scarlet Flame’ as the female (seed parent) and Phlox douglasii ‘Cracker Jack’ as the male (pollen parent). ‘Scarlet Flame’ has narrower petals with deeper scarlet flowers with darker spotting near the eye and is taller and more vigorously spreading. On the other hand ‘Crackerjack’ is slower spreading, shorter, has smaller flowers that are more "red with slight orangish tint". Part of MOUNTAINSIDE® Collection and PROVEN WINNERS Program. Unlicensed propagation is prohibited - patented under PP33006 CPBRAF. 

Wild form of Phlox subulata is native wildflower to states from Michigan, Ontario and New York south to Tennessee and mainly in the Appalachians to North Carolina. Often found on dry, rocky or sandy places, open woodland areas, limestone barrens and slopes. See the USDA distribution map. Phlox douglasii is strictly western species and naturally occurs in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Deer/rabbit resistant : mostly yes, unless there's nothing else to browse / no (depends on the rabbit pressure)

Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators : butterfly and bee friendly, but usually blooms earlier than butterflies can hatch

Attracts Hummingbirds : no

Pot Size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)

Picture copyright : Walters Gardens

Plant combinations : For the edges, along patios and paths, rock gardens, trough gardens, crevice gardens, slopes. Best combined with smaller to medium sized perennial – from native choose shorter Agastache, Anemone patens, Antennaria, Asclepias tuberosa, dwarf Baptisia, Campanula rotundifolia, Coreopsis, Cunila origanoides, Dalea, shorter Echinacea, Gaillardia, Gaura (shorter cultivars), smaller cultivars of Heuchera (in cooler regions), Penstemons, Ruellia humilis, shorter cultivars of Stokesia, Verbena canadensis, native grasses like Boutelloa gracilis, Koeleria cristata, Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara' (or non-native Sesleria).

And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, shorter Aquilegia, Armeria, Calamintha, Campanula, Cerastium, Delosperma, Dianthus, Geranium (G. sanquineum, G. dalmaticum and x cantabrigiense, G. cinereum, G. endresii, G. renardii), Gypsohila, Iris (dwarf and miniature bearded Iris), shorter Lavandula, shorter Nepeta, Origanum, shorter Platycodon, Satureja, Salvia, Sedum, Sempervivum, low Stachys,Scabiosa columbaria, Thymus, lower Veronica and many spring bulbs.