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Creeping Thyme
Thymus praecox
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This amazing plant forms a mat of tough, attractive fragrant greenery that's perfect for rock gardens, areas around walks or steps, and between stepping stones. Its famous for cascading down over retaining walls and rocks. The flowers arrive in late spring into early summer, and cover the plant totally, almost obscuring the foliage.
For something so attractive, creeping thyme is as durable and tough as most lawn grasses. Many gardeners who grow it even use it in areas where it gets light foot traffic! And it goes right on being beautiful and green, with wonderful flowers every year.
Creeping Thyme must have a fast-draining location, since this plant, like lavender, is a dry land species, making it extremely drought-tolerant.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and... Thyme is one of the most historic plants on earth. Ancient Egyptians used it in embalming. Romans loved the fragrance and planted it all over Europe. Its been claimed to be everything from a trance-inducing drug to an aphrodisiac. Today, the essential oil from thyme is still commonly used--its a major ingredient in Listerine! Best of all, of course, is Thymes heavenly fragrance. (All parts of the plant are fragrant.)
Today, various members of the large thyme tribe are used in herb gardens, of course, but also as ornamentals in flower gardens and as ground covers. Its signature foliage, usually gray-green, is highly decorative, and the plants require almost no care once they are established.
Like lavender, its a plant that begs for gritty, fast-draining soil. So no mushy loam!
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Overall rating: 3.75 / 5 from 12 reviews.
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"Creeping Thyme was delivered in great condition and the packaging was top notch. Will definitely order from American Meadows in the future."
Perfect in My Garden
"I am finding this to be a perfect ground cover. I'd love it even more than flocks because it blooms all summer long. I have ordered more to take up space in my garden where I do not want weeds to overtake the area. I just love it! I have more on order. #sweepstakes"
Spreading really well
"Planted last fall, along with about eight other VSPs (Very Short Plants), as part of my campaign to replace mulch with groundcover plants. The creeping thyme hasn't bloomed yet, but it has covered more ground than any of the others. #sweepstakes"
It's probably gonna take a few years!
"Compared to the pictures in the American Meadows presentation of this plant, my garden has a long way to go before it looks like that. I have used the creeping thyme As a border plant. We will see how it looks in another two or three years."
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"ground cover"
Not Suitable for Middle Tennessee
"We planted 32 of these as ground cover in a sunny south facing garden alongside our house. Unfortunately, all but a couple of them died out within 6 months of planting. It gets blazing hot in middle TN during the summer. The soil in this location is amended clay silt, neutral PH. I consulted with American Meadows by phone, and they thought this would work, but no dice. I'm thankful to American Meadows for their guarantee. They credited our account and we'll try something different next spring. I would not recommend this for blazing hot sunny locations or for soil with any clay content."
Unfortunately my creeping thyme died. Not sure why.
"I tried very hard to keep it happy but it didn't flourish at all. I was trying to use it as a ground cover in my upper planters."
Waiting for it to Spread
"Did not spread as expected"
perfectly done
"I wasn't sure where i wanted to plant this one, so i put it in a planter and it is spreading and looking beautiful. If it continues to do this good, next spring i will split it and then start using it as ground cover in a difficult spot in my yard."
Strong plants
"The plants arrived healthy and are spreading as expected."