Thyme Serphyllum Magic Carpet
Thymus serpyllum magic carpet.
Thyme serphyllum magic carpet. 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. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer. Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer.
Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers. This is a relatively low maintenance plant and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Magic carpet thyme is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground hugging habit of growth. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies.
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. 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.