![]() Winterizing: Cover the plants with lightweight mulch to protect the plants over the winter. Once established, it tolerates dry conditions.įertilizing: If desired, feed plants lightly in spring with fish fertilizer or any liquid plant food. Water: Keep soil moist but not wet as plants establish. Light: Sun (> 6 hours sun) is needed for best foliage and bloom. How To Grow Soil: Grows well in well-draining soils. Uses: Alpine, container gardening, cottage gardening, edging, ground cover, naturalizing, rock garden, small spaces, underplanting With red creeping thyme, creating a pop of color on sunny slopes and pathways has never been easier.īuying landscape plugs? Here is how much area they will cover:Ħ" spacing of 32 landscape plugs covers 6 sq feetġ2" spacing covers 16 sq feet Details Botanical name: Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'įeatures: Space savers, rabbit & deer resistant, heat tolerant, drought tolerant, cold tolerant Try planting it along pathways or as a lawn substitute for small spaces. The only requirement this deer-resistant and hardy ground cover has is a sunny spot with good drainage. Keep your garden low maintenance with red creeping thyme! It grows densely, crowding out unwanted weeds as it spreads. The flowers are rich in nectar and are a magnet for butterflies. Hundreds of saturated pink and red flowers add even more fragrance as they bloom in early summer. Beyond this, they are famously easy, and it's such a pleasure to have a perennial returning season after season to the herb gardennot to mention a fragrant, attractive herb fighting off the flea beetles and cabbage pests in the vegetable patch.More Information Description Red creeping thyme ( Thymus praecox) quickly spreads to form a lush carpet of small leaves and vibrant blooms! Soft green foliage is aromatic when touched or crushed. They need full sun, good soil drainage (add gravel or perlite to the soil if this is an issue), and a level of richness to the soil on a par with what you would give a tomato plant. (Yes, plan ahead.) Once sprouted, they thrive in high light, and may be transplanted into the garden or outdoor container as soon as they have two sets of true leaves. Sow the seeds uncovered in your Bio Dome or seed flats at about 65 to 70 degrees. Thyme can take a while to sow, but it isn't difficult, just a procrastinator. This simple treatment will result in much more dense, attractive, and healthy plants all season long. Don't simply shear ityou want to remove the topmost portion of each branch but leave growth on every stem. This will greatly improve its vigor and branching. And it's evergreen above zone 6, so it makes a nice winter companion in warmer climates to the ornamental cabbages and kales, the snapdragons and pansies.Įarly each spring, cut this plant back to about half its size. Thyme will wend its way around existing plants in the garden without choking them out, making it a nice choice for filler in a garden that has a few bare areas. ![]() The stems are closely packed and short, standing almost straight up. Thyme is a very pretty flowering plant, however, so we recommend that you also plant a stand of spreading, magnificently flowering Mother of Thyme in the garden to satisfy the bees as well as your own desire for blooms.Įxpect this thyme to reach 12 to 18 inches high and about 24 inches wide. ![]() (The leaves begin to lose their flavor as the stems grow woodier with age.) If allowed to go to flower, it is a marvelous bee attractant, but if you want to use the foliage in cooking, pinch off the buds as soon as you see them, because the flavor deteriorates when the plant blooms. This plant is a woody perennial (technically a shrub), which will bring you four to five good years of foliage before it should be replaced. Where would Thanksgiving stuffing be without it? (Not to mention Simon and Garfunkel's hit song "Scarborough Fair".) English thyme is the variety most commonly used in cuisine, as the small, gray-green leaves are packed with flavor and easy to harvest by letting the stems dry (after cutting from the plant) for a few days, then simply stripping the leaves. Thyme is essential in French cooking and has become a mainstay of American cuisine as well. It even makes a fine decorative (and fragrant) edging for any sunny spot. Compact, it fits on the kitchen windowsill without constant pinching. Low-growing and dense, it fills in empty spots in the border nicely. A pest repellent, it's a natural way to keep the veggies and flowering plants looking good. ![]() English thyme is a mainstay of any self-respecting herb garden, of course, but it's also a useful plant elsewhere in the garden. Welcome one of the easiest, longest-lived, and most rewarding herbs of all into your garden. ![]()
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