Carpet Lilac Thyme

A strong grower ideal as a drought tolerant lawn substitute or for planting between flagstones tolerating moderate foot traffic.

Carpet lilac thyme.

Design your own summer flower carpet with creeping thymes. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. There are several types of creeping thyme that come in different colors and characteristics. Creeping thyme is easily divided in spring or early fall and even small pieces will take root and.

Below are some of the most popular types. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. If you want to dry thyme leaves wait till after the plant has bloomed then harvest the fresh growth. As an herb thyme is used to flavor not only meats but also soups and stews olives and olive oil bread and desserts.

Perfect for hot dry exposed sites. This is probably the most used. Great for containers or herb gardens. Primarily used as a ground cover thymus serpyllum magic carpet creeping thyme is a dwarf aromatic sub shrub forming a tight cushion of tiny rounded dark green leaves.

This flat growing variety features tiny dark green leaves smothered by bright mauve purple flowers in early summer. Although the leaves are aromatic they are rarely used in cooking. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers. The blooms vary from white to lilac in late spring or early summer.

Grows to 1 foot tall and 2 feet wide with gray green narrow to oval leaves. This fragrant creeping plant has tiny dark green leaves and in june produces heads of lilac flowers. Deep lilac pink summer flowers. If you will be growing thyme for culinary purposes note that you can use it either fresh or dried.

Purple carpet creeping thyme will grow to be only 2 inches tall at maturity extending to 3 inches tall with the flowers with a spread of 14 inches. The flowers come in a range of mauves pinks and white. Its attractive tiny fragrant oval leaves remain green in color throughout the year. Thyme creeping lilac carpet plug flat 48 80 59 60 t.

The leaves can be used fresh or dry for seasoning fish poultry stuffing soups and vegetables. Thyme lawns thyme seats cracks in paths and steps garden edging plant. Harvesting creeping thyme. Serpyllum creeping thyme is a native of northern africa europe and asia and has naturalized in north america.

Magic carpet thyme is smothered in stunning spikes of lilac purple flowers rising above the foliage from early to mid summer.