Thymus Magic Carpet

This is a low creeping variety the foliage is dark green smothered by bright magenta pink flowers in early summer.

Thymus magic carpet.

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. Thymus is cold hardy and deer resistant. Ok it might be the orange scent too. Thymus serpyllum magic carpet.

Thymus magic carpet is yet another one of the newer thyme on the market. This variety forms a two inch high compact carpet of tiny slightly woolly green leaves. 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. This is perfect for rock gardens in walkways between patio bricks and as a border planting.

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. Excellent between pavers along walkways or patios or spilling over rocks and retaining walls. The groundcover is lemen scented and it is a maintenance free hardy plant that will give years of beauty and enjoyment. The ground cover plants are full of tiny pink clusters of blooms that are attractive to butterflies.

There are a great many selections of thyme grown in gardens all of them with edible leaves and some degree of fragrance and flavor. Thymus serpyllum magic carpet common name. 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. Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer.

One packet averages 400 seeds. 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. On surface lightly cover. Magic carpet thyme seed p 1 2 fs z4 8 a very low growing creeping thyme cultivar bearing masses of pink flowers.

It is covered with small carmine pink flowers from may to june. Its leaves form more of a point than other thymes and have a unique citrus scent to them. Magic carpet thyme is perfect for edging the flower border rock gardens walkways patios and in containers. Until recently this variety was only available from cuttings.

Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer. Perennial zone 5 9. In no time you ll have a carpet covered with clusters of tiny pink blooms all summer long.