Creeping Thyme Thymus Serpyllum Seeds

Creeping Thyme Thymus Serpyllum is a robust, hardy perennial subshrub native to Europe and North Africa. Creeping Thyme seeds can be started indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or directly outdoors in spring. Also commonly called Wild Thyme or Mother-of-Thyme, this outstanding herbaceous plant is a creeping, woody based perennial which is primarily used as a ground cover.

Creeping Thyme produces numerous, thin, somewhat woody stems that form a flat 6-8 inches tall mat of attractive foliage with tiny rounded, glossy blue-green leaves that are covered by clusters of tiny, tubular, deep-pink, lemon-scented flowers. Creeping Thyme blooms all summer attracting bees and butterflies, and its evergreen foliage is attractive even when not in bloom.

Creeping Thyme is a super-vigorous, lemon-scented, brightly-flowered variety of thyme that spreads in the sunny garden, giving months of deep-pink blooms and heavenly fragrance. Creeping Thyme is perfect for rock gardens, walls, bare spots in sunny beds and borders, and just about any area in a garden where some quick, permanent coverage is needed.

Easily grown from Thymus Serpyllum seeds, Creeping Thyme is a long-lived perennial that can be grown as a lawn substitute in small areas, or as a trouble-free ground cover that tolerates light foot traffic and adapts to a wide range of growing conditions. Creeping Thyme is one of the favorite ground covers to grow between stepping stones or along walkways and near patios.

Plant profile: Season: Perennial; Height: 6-8 Inches; Bloom Season: Spring/Summer; Environment: Sun/Partial Shade; Soil Type: Rich/Average/Moist well-drained, pH 5.8-6.8; USDA Zones: 4-10. Planting: Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or sow outdoors in spring; Seed depth: surface sowing; Germination time: 14-21 days.