Also referred to as coccineus this thyme can be identified by magenta flowers.
Carpet thyme seeds nz.
You can buy thymus serpyllum from kings seeds or look for varieties such as lemon curd fulney red and albus from specialist growers such as herbs nz www herbsnz co nz.
Unlike standard thyme which grows up creeping thyme spreads out along the ground making it perfect for filling in gaps in your garden or lawn.
Creeping thyme thymus serpyllum magic carpet if you have a stepping stone path or a flagstone patio growing magic carpet seeds is a great way to add lovely low growing thyme to the walkway and patio crevices.
And one of my favourite dual purpose herbs is wild creeping thyme.
Finally a really low creeping thyme from seed.
It also has a great lemony scent and bright pink flowers for 2 3 months in early to mid summer.
Easy to follow seed propagation notes.
Approximately 250 seeds pkg 5500 gram.
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This plant produces lots of deep pink flowers in big clusters.
It spreads up to 18 inches grows best in full sun and attracts plenty of butterflies and bees.
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Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer.
Grow in seed trays and plant out 6 8 weeks.
Magic carpet thyme seed p 1 2 fs z4 8 a very low growing creeping thyme cultivar bearing masses of pink flowers.
Woolly thyme is a personal favourite as it s so tactile it spreads out like a woolly rug and its soft flower heads are irresistible i can t walk past this stuff without patting it.
Beautiful choice of seeds for me.
It is edible and can be used in the same way as thyme p.
It grows flat and covers a lot of area quickly.
Only 2 inches high this fine textured plant is perfect for between your stepping stones as a ground cover or in a rock garden.
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Magic carpet thyme is perfect for edging the flower border rock gardens.
One packet averages 400 seeds.
Seeds need to be started in a warm frost free place.
However this woolly variety has a rather sparse diet preferring poor soil and not too much fussing.
Excellent between pavers along walkways or patios or spilling over rocks and retaining walls.
A greenhouse is ideal.
Best months for growing thyme in new zealand cool mountain regions s plant undercover in seed trays t plant out transplant seedlings.
Woolly thyme thymus pseudolanuginosus also makes a great groundcover as does the superb bressingham thyme thymus doerfleri bressingham which is.
It tastes and can be used in just the same way as regular thyme but it s also excellent grown as ground cover or lawn.
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Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer.
