Creeping Thyme Magic Carpet Plants

This variety is known as magic carpet and grows in usda zones 4 8.

Creeping thyme magic carpet plants.

For planting a 1 space between pavers i would recommend one packet per 6 10 feet. Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer. Other common names creeping thyme snowdrift. 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.

The red creeping thyme produces small but pretty flowers that produce the typical thyme scent. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies. This is a low creeping variety the foliage is dark green smothered by bright magenta pink flowers in early summer. When looking for the perfect ground cover seed look no further than red creeping thyme.

Can be used in between stepping stones and will tolerate light traffic. Genus thymus are evergreen woody based perennials shrub or sub shrubs with small aromatic leaves and terminal whorls of small 2 lipped tubular purple pink or white flowers in late spring or summer. Thymus serpyllum seeds are ready for planting. Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer.

The ground cover plants are full of tiny pink clusters of blooms that are attractive to butterflies. 200 creeping thyme seeds flower seeds rock cress ground cover seeds carpet evergreen plant easy to grow for garden lawn red 3 9 out of 5 stars 4 5 00 5. Creeping thyme is a beautiful dwarf ground cover plant which blooms with dense red flowers for many months. Creeping thyme is easily divided in spring or early fall and even small pieces will take root and grow.

One packet averages 400 seeds. Thymus praecox purple carpet creeping thyme. Thyme seed is very very small so the amount of area a packet will cover depends on how careful you are at sowing the seed. 12 18 in soil conditions.

Even small pieces will take root. Purple carpet this variety is the most popular type of creeping thyme found all over the world. Drought tolerant once established. Add a layer of mulch to prevent weed competition keeping away from the crowns of the plants.

Does best in full sun but may tolerate some light shade. The purple carpet grows at a low height creating a purple carpet of flowers that gardeners can walk on without damaging the plant. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers.