Carpet Lilac Thyme

This fragrant creeping plant has tiny dark green leaves and in june produces heads of lilac flowers.

Carpet lilac thyme.

If you will be growing thyme for culinary purposes note that you can use it either fresh or dried. Although the leaves are aromatic they are rarely used in cooking. Below are some of the most popular types. Grows to 1 foot tall and 2 feet wide with gray green narrow to oval leaves.

Great for containers or herb gardens. Harvesting creeping thyme. 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. Thyme lawns thyme seats cracks in paths and steps garden edging plant.

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. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers. Its attractive tiny fragrant oval leaves remain green in color throughout the year. 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. Design your own summer flower carpet with creeping thymes. A strong grower ideal as a drought tolerant lawn substitute or for planting between flagstones tolerating moderate foot traffic. Perfect for hot dry exposed sites.

The flowers come in a range of mauves pinks and white. Thyme creeping lilac carpet plug flat 48 80 59 60 t. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. This flat growing variety features tiny dark green leaves smothered by bright mauve purple flowers in early summer.

Deep lilac pink summer flowers. Serpyllum creeping thyme is a native of northern africa europe and asia and has naturalized in north america. It is very low growing and covered in beautiful lavender flowers during early to mid summer. The blooms vary from white to lilac in late spring or early summer.

The fruit is not ornamentally significant. This is probably the most used. Magic carpet thyme is smothered in stunning spikes of lilac purple flowers rising above the foliage from early to mid summer. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies.

It creates a purple carpet that can be walked over hence its name.