Magic carpet thyme is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground hugging habit of growth.
Thyme serphyllum magic carpet.
This is a low creeping variety the foliage is dark green smothered by bright magenta pink flowers in early summer.
Thymus serpyllum magic carpet.
It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.
Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer.
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.
Excellent between pavers along walkways or patios or spilling over rocks and retaining walls.
Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer.
Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers.
Creeping thyme thymus serpyllum magic carpet if you have a stepping stone path or a flagstone patio growing magic carpet seeds is a great way to add lovely low growing thyme to the walkway and patio crevices.
There are a great many selections of thyme grown in gardens all of them with edible leaves and some degree of fragrance and flavor.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season.