Creeping Thyme - Magic Carpet

Magic Carpet creeping thyme forms a lemon-scented carpet of foliage and flowers! This spreading groundcover only reaches 2 - 4" tall and plants are covered with clusters of tiny pink blooms all summer. Perfect for rock gardens or along walkways.  Prefers full sun.  Well, this creeping thyme has swept all that away! This super-vigorous, lemon-scented, brighly-flowered variety spreads in no time in the sunny garden, giving you months of deep pink blooms and heavenly fragrance for mere pennies!

Just 2 - 4 inches tall, Magic Carpet Thyme creates an inviting entry to your home or garden. Its delicate pink/rose blooms and dusty green foliage are enhanced by a subtle lemony perfume. Also perfectly at home in borders and beds, this charming perennial adds beauty and interest to any area.  And because it's a long-lived perennial hardy just about everywhere in the U.S., you can expect years of beauty from this trouble-free groundcover!

Plant creeping thyme in rock gardens, walls, bare spots in sunny beds and borders, and just about anywhere that needs some quick, permanent coverage. This is a low-growing wildflower is used as a ground cover. Creeping thyme tolerates dry soil and needs little care after it is established. It self-sows readily, dropping it seeds after flowering season is over and then this new seed sprouts the next spring keep a robust stand of creeping thyme thriving.

Creeping thyme is also deer resistant so you don't have to worry about deer ruining your beautiful display.  The only thing it will attract is butterflies and birds which you will also great enjoy viewing.

Seeding Rate: 500 seeds covers 30 square feet
Season: Perennial
Height: 2 - 4 inches
Hardiness: Zones: 4 to 9
Habit: Evergreen
Growth Rate: Moderate
Site Requirements: Sun to light shade; prefers well-drained light-textured soil with modest fertility
Form: Low, dense mat; sprawls haphazardly
Texture: Fine
Foliage: .2 to .3 inch dark green, slighty hairy leaves; pleasant fragrance of mint when crushed
Flower: Pink/Rose
Bloom Season: Late Spring through September
Comments: Good drought tolerance