Creeping Thyme Magic Carpet Plants

The purple carpet grows at a low height creating a purple carpet of flowers that gardeners can walk on without damaging the plant.

Creeping thyme magic carpet plants. 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. Purple carpet this variety is the most popular type of creeping thyme found all over the world. Creeping thyme is great for edging or between stepping stones in the herb garden as it handles light foot traffic with ease and is drought tolerant once established. For planting a 1 space between pavers i would recommend one packet per 6 10 feet.

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. Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer. 12 18 in soil conditions.

Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer. Tiny dark green leaves dark purple in fall. Drought tolerant once established. One packet averages 400 seeds.

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. This variety is known as magic carpet and grows in usda zones 4 8. Magic carpet thyme is perfect for edging the flower border rock gardens walkways patios and in containers. 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.

Add a layer of mulch to prevent weed competition keeping away from the crowns of the plants. Thymus praecox purple carpet creeping thyme. This is a low creeping variety the foliage is dark green smothered by bright magenta pink flowers in early summer. Other common names creeping thyme snowdrift.

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. Thymus serpyllum seeds are ready for planting. The red creeping thyme produces small but pretty flowers that produce the typical thyme scent.

Even small pieces will take root. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers.