Thymus Magic Carpet

Thymus serpyllum magic carpet common name.

Thymus magic carpet.

One packet averages 400 seeds. The ground cover plants are full of tiny pink clusters of blooms that are attractive to butterflies. Magic carpet blooms a week earlier than our creeping thyme seed and the flowers are just a little longer. This is a low creeping variety the foliage is dark green smothered by bright magenta pink flowers in early summer.

In no time you ll have a carpet covered with clusters of tiny pink blooms all summer long. On surface lightly cover. Magic carpet thyme seed p 1 2 fs z4 8 a very low growing creeping thyme cultivar bearing masses of pink flowers. 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.

Until recently this variety was only available from cuttings. Perennial zone 5 9. 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.

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. Ok it might be the orange scent too. Rich in nectar they attract butterflies. Excellent between pavers along walkways or patios or spilling over rocks and retaining walls.

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. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers. Thymus is cold hardy and deer resistant. It is covered with small carmine pink flowers from may to june.

Thymus serpyllum magic carpet. Tough enough to take foot traffic and remain beautiful space 12 15 apart. This is perfect for rock gardens in walkways between patio bricks and as a border planting. Its leaves form more of a point than other thymes and have a unique citrus scent to them.

This variety forms a two inch high compact carpet of tiny slightly woolly green leaves. Thymus magic carpet is yet another one of the newer thyme on the market. Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 4 inches high and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer.