Plants: Thymus serpyllum - Mother of Thyme

Fragrance, Color, and Beauty -- This Ground Cover Has it All! A perennial Thyme for use between paving-stones or as an edging! Mother of Thyme is an ideal choice for planting between walkway stones or bricks and used as a groundcover. Like other thymes, the leaves are highly fragrant; great to inhale as you are walking along the pathway to the front door! This prostrate, mat-forming perennial with slim stems is lined with tiny, oval, hairy leaves. Clusters of pink-purple flowers appear in summer on plants that reach 1/2 to 3 inches tall and 3 feet wide.

Grow like other thymes, in well-drained soil in full sun. For best coverage as a groundcover, avoid planting in very cold or wet areas. Thyme can also be grown as a house plant is a sunny, cool window.

Publisher: Hirt's Gardens