CREEPING THYME

WILD THYME

MOTHER OF THYME
 
[ Thymus Serpyllum ]

Season: Perennial
Height: 3-5 Inches
Bloom Season: Spring/Summer
Environment: Full Sun/Partial Shade
Zones: 4-10

Creeping Thyme, Mother of Thyme, Wild Thyme [ Thymus Serpyllum ] is the robust, long-blooming beauty of plant varieties. This thyme (sometimes commonly called creeping thyme, wild thyme or mother-of-thyme) is a creeping, woody based perennial which is primarily used as a ground cover. Numerous, thin, somewhat woody stems form a flat mat (2-3" tall) with tiny rounded, glossy blue-green leaves (to 1/4"). The foliage is attractive even when not in bloom, too, with dark green, slightly hairy leaves. It is evergreen!!

Creeping Thyme, Mother of Thyme, Wild Thyme [ Thymus Serpyllum ] is covered by clusters of tiny, tubular, deep pink flowers that appear in summer. This super-vigorous, lemon-scented, brighly-flowered variety spreads in the sunny garden, giving you months of deep pink blooms and heavenly fragrance. Creeping thyme is perfect in rock gardens, walls, bare spots in sunny beds and borders, and just about anywhere that needs some quick, permanent coverage. It is a long-lived perennial, and you can expect years of beauty from this trouble-free groundcover!

The plant attracts bees and butterflies.

The plant is drought tolerant.

PLANTING

Sow Inside: Sow early spring in a cold frame
Can also be sown in fall in a greenhouse
Sow Outside: Spring/Summer
Seeding Depth: Surface or 1/16 Inch
Days to Emerge: 24 to 35

CREEPING THYME, WILD THYME, MOTHER OF THYME Thymus Serpyllum Groundcover, Ground Cover  Seeds