Carpet Lilac Thyme

The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Carpet lilac thyme.

It is very low growing and covered in beautiful lavender flowers during early to mid summer. 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. Its attractive tiny fragrant oval leaves remain green in color throughout the year. Serpyllum creeping thyme is a native of northern africa europe and asia and has naturalized in north america.

When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. Harvesting creeping thyme. Grows to 1 foot tall and 2 feet wide with gray green narrow to oval leaves. Thyme lawns thyme seats cracks in paths and steps garden edging plant.

Design your own summer flower carpet with creeping thymes. Thyme creeping lilac carpet plug flat 48 80 59 60 t. As an herb thyme is used to flavor not only meats but also soups and stews olives and olive oil bread and desserts. A strong grower ideal as a drought tolerant lawn substitute or for planting between flagstones tolerating moderate foot traffic.

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. Below are some of the most popular types. The leaves can be used fresh or dry for seasoning fish poultry stuffing soups and vegetables. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers.

This is probably the most used. It creates a purple carpet that can be walked over hence its name. The blooms vary from white to lilac in late spring or early summer. 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. 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. Although the leaves are aromatic they are rarely used in cooking.

The flowers come in a range of mauves pinks and white. If you want to dry thyme leaves wait till after the plant has bloomed then harvest the fresh growth. Perfect for hot dry exposed sites. This fragrant creeping plant has tiny dark green leaves and in june produces heads of lilac flowers.

Rich in nectar they attract butterflies.