Thyme Pink Carpet

Woolly thyme thymus pseudolanuginosus.

Thyme pink carpet.

On banks try scarlet flame carpet phlox or moonbeam coreopsis drought tolerant and it has a sweet flower. Caraway thyme thymus herba barona. It has no scent so it s not used for cooking. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of small salmon pink flowers.

The purple carpet grows at a low height creating a purple carpet of flowers that gardeners can walk on without damaging the plant. The groundcover is lemen scented and it is a maintenance free hardy plant that will give years of beauty and enjoyment. The plant does well in either full sun or partial shade. It spreads quickly and can reach 24 inches in diameter.

Deschampsia caespitosa tufted hairgrass is a perennial bunch grass from mountain meadows. The red creeping thyme produces small but pretty flowers that produce the typical thyme scent. 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. Very soft flat spreading carpet zones 5 6.

A variety of the genus thymus sepyllum pink chintz thyme is characterized by its fuzzy dark green foliage with light to dark pink flowers. Purple carpet this variety is the most popular type of creeping thyme found all over the world. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies. A highly desirable and popular groundcover forming a dense low mat completely covered in lavender purple flowers throughout summer attractive fine and fragrant foliage the rest of the season.

Needs a dry and sunny location can take light foot traffic. Easy to grow and a great groundcover it produces a carpet of colorful flowers from early summer through fall. It cascades nicely in rock gardens and can grow in patio cracks. Silver carpet is a nearly flat ground cover for sunny borders.

It prefers soil with good drainage and a slightly alkaline balance. Once established creeping thyme is drought tolerant another bonus for my drought afflicted area. Red creeping thyme would work where you are and so would ice although it allows a few weeds to peek through but it spreads like a dream. Award winning thymus serpyllum pink chintz creeping thyme is a dwarf aromatic sub shrub forming a carpet of tiny rounded slightly woolly dark green leaves.

The ground cover plants are full of tiny pink clusters of blooms that are attractive to butterflies. It creates a purple carpet that can be walked over hence its name. Magic carpet thyme is perfect for edging the flower border rock gardens walkways patios and in containers. Squaw carpet is an evergreen ground cover that grows on open slopes and under jeffrey or ponderosa pines from 4000 to 7000 elevation.

Rich in nectar they attract butterflies.