It is deer and rabbit resistant and relatively pest free. Water plants only occasionally, allowing the plants soil to dry completely between waterings. Maintain a soil environment that is not overly rich or moist.
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It does not tolerate wet soils, however, which may cause root rot. Here are the main requirements for growing thyme: Plant in a spot that gets full sunlightat least six to eight hours of bright light daily. The plant not only tolerates drought, salt, and poor soils but thrives in sandy, gritty, or rocky soils. Well-adapted to urban environments, the plant grows beautifully in beds, borders, or containers and happily sprawls, tumbles, and cascades over rocks and ledges in a rock garden.Ĭold Hardy, easy to grow, and low maintenance, 'Purple Carpet' creeping thyme grows best in a sunny location with average to dry, well-draining soils, having a neutral to alkaline pH. Shown to best effect when massed or grouped, creeping thyme is an excellent edging plant for pathways or filler for crevices between steppingstones, where foot traffic releases its scent. Primarily grown as a ground cover, the plant spreads over time by rooting stems to form a dense, flat mat. Small, fuzzy, dark green leaves are aromatic, having a pleasing spicy scent, especially when crushed.Ī Thymus praecox, commonly called creeping thyme, wooly thyme, or mother-of-thyme, 'Purple Carpet', an herbaceous perennial, has a mounding, spreading habit and an average growth rate. Pink Creeping Thyme is an outstanding selection with glossy, dark green leaves covered with light pink flowers pushing form rose-piink buds in early summer. Nectar rich, they attract bees and butterflies to the garden. Borne in terminal whorls, the small, 2-lipped, tubular flowers are shades of purple. Thymus 'Purple Carpet' is an ornamental flowering evergreen (in mild winters) subshrub offering 3 seasons to year-round interest, blooming profusely in late spring, its foliage turning dark purple in fall.
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