Thymus Magic Carpet

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.

Thymus magic carpet.

Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer. It is covered with small carmine pink flowers from may to june. Excellent between pavers along walkways or patios or spilling over rocks and retaining walls. Magic carpet thyme is perfect for edging the flower border rock gardens walkways patios and in containers.

Thymus serpyllum magic carpet common name. Ok it might be the orange scent too. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies. In no time you ll have a carpet covered with clusters of tiny pink blooms all summer long.

Magic carpet thyme seed p 1 2 fs z4 8 a very low growing creeping thyme cultivar bearing masses of pink flowers. Magic carpet forms a low carpet of aromatic lemon scented dark green leaves that are covered profusely from early through midsummer with sweet pink flowers. Tough enough to take foot traffic and remain beautiful space 12 15 apart. Perennial zone 5 9.

Thymus serpyllum magic carpet. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers. This is a low creeping variety the foliage is dark green smothered by bright magenta pink flowers in early summer. 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.

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. 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. Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer. Its leaves form more of a point than other thymes and have a unique citrus scent to them.

The groundcover is lemen scented and it is a maintenance free hardy plant that will give years of beauty and enjoyment. There are a great many selections of thyme grown in gardens all of them with edible leaves and some degree of fragrance and flavor. This is perfect for rock gardens in walkways between patio bricks and as a border planting. Thymus is cold hardy and deer resistant.

One packet averages 400 seeds. Until recently this variety was only available from cuttings. The ground cover plants are full of tiny pink clusters of blooms that are attractive to butterflies.