Thymus Magic Carpet

Thymus magic carpet is yet another one of the newer thyme on the market.

Thymus magic carpet.

There are a great many selections of thyme grown in gardens all of them with edible leaves and some degree of fragrance and flavor. Its leaves form more of a point than other thymes and have a unique citrus scent to them. Thymus is cold hardy and deer resistant. The groundcover is lemen scented and it is a maintenance free hardy plant that will give years of beauty and enjoyment.

This is perfect for rock gardens in walkways between patio bricks and as a border planting. Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer. Magic carpet forms a low carpet of aromatic lemon scented dark green leaves that are covered profusely from early through midsummer with sweet pink flowers. This is a low creeping variety the foliage is dark green smothered by bright magenta pink flowers in early summer.

Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer. On surface lightly cover. The ground cover plants are full of tiny pink clusters of blooms that are attractive to butterflies. It is covered with small carmine pink flowers from may to june.

Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about thymus creeping thyme thymus serpyllum magic carpet supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden. Tough enough to take foot traffic and remain beautiful space 12 15 apart. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies. One packet averages 400 seeds.

Excellent between pavers along walkways or patios or spilling over rocks and retaining walls. Magic carpet thyme seed p 1 2 fs z4 8 a very low growing creeping thyme cultivar bearing masses of pink flowers. Thymus serpyllum magic carpet common name. Thymus serpyllum magic carpet.

I think the bud and bloom phase is what sets this plant apart with its deep purple bloom that opens to a light pink flower. Perennial zone 5 9. Primarily used as a ground cover thymus serpyllum magic carpet creeping thyme is a dwarf aromatic sub shrub forming a tight cushion of tiny rounded dark green leaves. Ok it might be the orange scent too.

Until recently this variety was only available from cuttings. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers. In no time you ll have a carpet covered with clusters of tiny pink blooms all summer long.