Caborn Wine & Roses Creeping Thyme - 5 Pack Of Quart Pots

Caborn Wine & Roses Creeping Thyme Thymus vulgaris 'Caborn Wine and Roses' Plant Details USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone Plant Type: Evergreen Groundcover Height or Length at Maturity: 2-4" Width at Maturity: 18"+Spacing: 15-18" apart for mass planting; 10-12" apart to fill gaps between stepping stones Growth Habit / Form: Low, Mat-Forming, Dense, Spreading Growth Rate: Fast Flower Color: Pink and MagentaFlower Type: Single, in clusters Flower Size: SmallFlowering Period: Summer Fragrant Flowers: No Foliage Color: Dark Green Fragrant Foliage: Yes Berries: No Sun Needs: Full Sun, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun Water Needs: Average Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay soils for good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt Soil Drainage: Moist to Slightly Moist But Well Drained Soil pH: 6.5 - 7.5 Maintenance / Care: Low Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Foot Traffic Description Grown for both its pretty flowers and its culinary use, Caborn Wine and Roses Creeping Thyme features a low and dense carpet of tiny green leaves that becomes blanketed in summer by clusters of pinkish purple flowers surrounding red buds. Perfect as a border or groundcover in garden beds or a soil cover in containers gardens. A wonderful seasoning, its leaves can be used as you would any type of thyme in soups, stews, salad dressings, meat dishes or even for making infused vinegars. Landscape & Garden Uses Growing to only 2 to 4 inches tall and spreading 8 to 12 inches or more wide, Caborn Wine & Roses Creeping Thyme is ideal for use as a groundcover or border along paths and walkways. It tolerates light foot traffic well so is perfect for use to fill the gaps between stepping stones. Also great as an underplanting for shrubs, roses, perennials and small trees, such as Japanese maples. Very nice around and growing over boulders. Flowering bulbs will pop right through it in spring. A fine addition to herb gardens, pink theme gardens, culinary gardens, rock gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs). Suggested Spacing: 15 to 18 inches apart for mass planting; 10 to 12 inches apart to fill gaps between stepping stones How To Measure Total Square Feet Of A Planting Area How Many Plants Needed To Cover A Planting Area? Growing Preferences When planted right and in the right spot, Caborn Wine & Roses Creeping Thyme is easy to grow. It grows best in a light, lightly moist but well-drained soil and full sun. A little shade is okay. Will tolerate rainy periods but constantly soggy or wet soil is a killer. So make sure to plant in a well-drained site! Note: Find helpful advice from our experts under the Planting & Care tabs above on desktop monitors and below on mobile phones. Plant Long & Prosper! Meet The Wilson Brothers & Staff Questions? Contact Us!