Creeping thyme serves as a delightfully fragrant ground cover and pollinator attractor. Learn how to grow this multipurpose herb now on Gardener's Path.
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Creeping thyme is a spreading thyme variety. It is excellent planted as a lawn substitute or amongst stepping stones or pavers. Learn more about creeping thyme plant care and more in this article.
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Explore the vibrant allure of creeping red thyme, perfect for gardens seeking low maintenance beauty and aromatic splendor.
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Ground cover plants can add color and depth to a garden, pathway, or lawn. Creeping thyme requires little maintenance but produces lots of beautiful foliage and color.
Elfin Creeping Thyme Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin' Plant Details USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone Plant Type: Evergreen Groundcover Height or Length at Maturity: 1-2" Width at Maturity: 1-2' or more Spacing: 12-18" for mass planting; 6-12" apart to fill gaps between stepping stones or pavers Growth Habit / Form: Low, Mat-Forming, Dense, Spreading/Trailing Growth Rate: Moderate Flower Color: Violet-Lavender Flower Type: Single Flower Size: Small Flowering Period: Summer, Early Fall Fragrant Flowers: No Foliage Color: Greyish Blue-Green Fragrant Foliage: Yes Berries: No Sun Needs: Full Sun, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun Water Needs: Average Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt Soil Drainage: Well Drained Soil pH: 6.0 - 7.0 Maintenance / Care: Low Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Foot Traffic Description 'Elfin' is one of the best and our favorite of the creeping thymes. It forms dense, 1 to 2 inch high mats of tiny glossy leaves and equally tiny violet-lavender flowers. What the flowers lack in size they make up for in number when covering the fragrant grayish blue-green foliage in summer. This little creeping thyme is a tough one; quite tolerant of foot traffic, is drought and heat tolerant and deer and rabbit resistant. All these fine attributes make Elfin Thyme a fine selection where a ground-hugging perennial groundcover or filler plant is needed. Landscape & Garden Uses Growing in a very low and spreading carpet to only 1 to 2 inches tall and 24 inches or more wide over time, Elfin Creeping Thyme is perfect for use to fill the gaps between stepping stones and pavers or as a groundcover or underplanting for shrubs, roses, perennials and small trees, such as Japanese maples. Very nice around and growing over boulders. Flowering bulbs will pop right through it in spring. Also serves nicely as a soil cover in container gardens grown above ground. A fine addition to rock gardens, purple theme gardens, cottage gardens, Asian theme gardens, and the Xeriscape (low water needs). Tip: When planting between closely spaced stepping stones or pavers the root ball of some creeping thymes can be divided so as to fit in to the smaller gaps. Just make sure plants have rooted across the soil surface in the pot. If there is only a single stem with branches do not try to divide the plant! Suggested Spacing: 12 to 18 inches for mass planting; 6 to 12 inches apart to fill gaps between stepping stones or pavers How To Measure Total Square Feet Of A Planting Area How Many Plants Needed To Cover A Planting Area? Growing Preferences When planted right and in the right spot, Elfin Thyme is easy to grow. It grows best in light, lightly moist to dry well-drained soil and full sun. A little shade is okay. Will tolerate rainy periods but constantly soggy or wet soil is a killer. So make sure to plant in a well-drained site. Note: Find helpful advice from our experts under the Planting & Care tabs above on desktop monitors and below on mobile phones. Plant Long & Prosper! Meet The Wilson Brothers & Staff Questions? Contact Us!
Hi. I'm blogging at callicarpa.org now. You can see photos of my garden and others that I've visited there. Thanks for stopping by! This is what the patio looked like last night before the rain started. This morning it is mostly green, but at least refreshed—and free of the yellow dust that has covered everything for days. The purple (blue?) flowers are Mazus reptans. Bottom left is a quickly growing clump of clover that used to be very dark colored, almost black (Trifolium repans 'Pentaphyllum'). It seems to have completely reverted to green. I'm not sure I want it there anymore. Up against the wall, Sedum 'Angelina' mingles with the mazus. I like the difference in textures—makes you want to touch—and the extra color. Further down along the wall, is a surprise spot of pink. It was too sunny when I took this picture, but I wanted to show you anyway. (Just imagine how pretty it really is!) The pink oxalis was here when we first moved in 20 years ago. It's a plant that I'm sure I could spend the rest of my life trying to eradicate. We do try to keep it under control, but it has tiny bulbils that remain in the dirt no matter what you do to get rid of them! Though I wouldn't recommend planting it, when I saw some pop up in the veronica ('Waterperry Blue') and mazus, it was easy to understand how someone thought it was a good idea so long ago. It is charming, isn't it? Any garden plans this weekend? The weather should be beautiful! ~*~
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Primarily used as a ground cover, Thymus serpyllum (Creeping Thyme) is a dwarf, aromatic shrub forming a low cushion of tiny, pointed, glossy blue-green leaves that turn bronze in the fall. Blooming profusely from early to mid-summer, it features clusters of tiny, deep pink-purplish flowers. Rich in nectar, they attract butterflies.
