Phlox subulata
Creeping phloxes are a beautiful sight usually forming carpets over banks or hanging down walls.
I was busy chasing and photographing two butterflies one black and one yellow in this patch to notice at first what flowers these were. Then I realized these were Shiba-zakura which were featured in the morning news in bloom in one of the parks covering some river bank. Shiba means lawn and zakura means sakura (cherry blossoms) so the flower’s Japanese name means lawn cherry blossoms, given on account that the flower’s shape resembles very closely a pink cherry blossom. From my ID book it is called the phlox subulata which is said to be very good for a rock garden or dry bank.
