Thymus Magic Carpet

Thymus magic carpet is yet another one of the newer thyme on the market.

Thymus magic carpet.

One packet averages 400 seeds. On surface lightly cover. The groundcover is lemen scented and it is a maintenance free hardy plant that will give years of beauty and enjoyment. This is a low creeping variety the foliage is dark green smothered by bright magenta pink flowers in early summer.

This is perfect for rock gardens in walkways between patio bricks and as a border planting. Ok it might be the orange scent too. In no time you ll have a carpet covered with clusters of tiny pink blooms all summer long. It is covered with small carmine pink flowers from may to june.

Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers. 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. Magic carpet thyme is perfect for edging the flower border rock gardens walkways patios and in containers.

Thymus serpyllum magic carpet common name. There are a great many selections of thyme grown in gardens all of them with edible leaves and some degree of fragrance and flavor. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about thymus creeping thyme thymus serpyllum magic carpet supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden. Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer.

Excellent between pavers along walkways or patios or spilling over rocks and retaining walls. Thymus is cold hardy and deer resistant. I think the bud and bloom phase is what sets this plant apart with its deep purple bloom that opens to a light pink flower. The ground cover plants are full of tiny pink clusters of blooms that are attractive to butterflies.

Its leaves form more of a point than other thymes and have a unique citrus scent to them. 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. Until recently this variety was only available from cuttings. Perennial zone 5 9.

Tough enough to take foot traffic and remain beautiful space 12 15 apart. Thymus serpyllum magic carpet. Magic carpet thyme seed p 1 2 fs z4 8 a very low growing creeping thyme cultivar bearing masses of pink flowers.