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. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. Deep lilac pink summer flowers. Below are some of the most popular types. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers.

Magic carpet thyme is smothered in stunning spikes of lilac purple flowers rising above the foliage from early to mid summer. If you will be growing thyme for culinary purposes note that you can use it either fresh or dried. Thyme lawns thyme seats cracks in paths and steps garden edging plant. Great for containers or herb gardens.

Design your own summer flower carpet with creeping thymes. This fragrant creeping plant has tiny dark green leaves and in june produces heads of lilac flowers. As an herb thyme is used to flavor not only meats but also soups and stews olives and olive oil bread and desserts. This flat growing variety features tiny dark green leaves smothered by bright mauve purple flowers in early summer.

There are several types of creeping thyme that come in different colors and characteristics. This is probably the most used. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies.

Thyme creeping lilac carpet plug flat 48 80 59 60 t. The blooms vary from white to lilac in late spring or early summer. Its attractive tiny fragrant oval leaves remain green in color throughout the year. Creeping thyme is easily divided in spring or early fall and even small pieces will take root and.

If you want to dry thyme leaves wait till after the plant has bloomed then harvest the fresh growth. 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. It creates a purple carpet that can be walked over hence its name. It is very low growing and covered in beautiful lavender flowers during early to mid summer.

Perfect for hot dry exposed sites. Grows to 1 foot tall and 2 feet wide with gray green narrow to oval leaves. Harvesting creeping thyme. Although the leaves are aromatic they are rarely used in cooking.

The flowers come in a range of mauves pinks and white.