Groundcover Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 4 - 8
- Height: 4 - 6 inches
- Width: 12 - 18 inches
- Bloom Season: Late spring to early fall
- Bloom Color: Lavender
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Well-drained, pH 5.8 - 6.8
- Deer Resistant: Yes
Creeping Thyme (Thymus Serpyllum Mother of Thyme) - Edge the borders of your herb, flower or vegetable garden with Mother of Thyme ground cover plants. It is low-growing and spreading, with spikes of lavender bloom clusters. Mother of Thyme blooms all summer long, and the foliage is an evergreen in most locations. Easy-to-grow from Mother of Thyme ground cover seeds, this creeping plant is also used between paving-stones or bricks in walk ways. It has a highly fragrant scent that rises up to greet you as you walk along a pathway of Mother of Thyme. It is a hardy perennial, handling summer heat and winter cold. Once it is established is can withstand periods of drought although moderate watering helps it perform its best. Butterflies and bees devour the Mother of Thyme blooms yet deer and rabbits seem to leave it alone.
Directly sow Mother of Thyme ground cover seeds outdoors after frost danger has passed. Prepare a seed bed, loosening the soil and weeding it. Scatter the Mother of Thyme seeds and press the seeds firmly into the soil. Keep the seeds consistently moist. If you want to get a jump start on the Mother of Thyme ground cover plants, sow the seed indoors 6 - 8 weeks before the last frost. Transplant the young seedlings into the garden 12 inches apart.
Shaker Bottle With Seed Starting Matrix |
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Shake 'n Seed - We are now offering shaker bottles filled with our seed starting matrix: rich soil, gardening sand, water absorbing crystals, and starter fertilizer. This not only helps dispense your seed, but it gets it off to a great start! Simply remove lid from shaker bottle, add seed from packet, put back on lid, shake the bottle vigorously for 15 seconds, and then shake your way to beautiful new plants! Use Shake 'n Seed over good quality soil, and then gently water to keep seed moist until it sprouts. Great for ground covers or mass planting flower seeds. |
