![]() Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Leaf Color: Gray/Silver Green Leaf Value To Gardener: Fragrant Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Shape: Elliptical Orbicular Leaf Margin: Entire Hairs Present: Yes Leaf Length: Flowers: Flower Color: Pink Purple/Lavender Flower Inflorescence: Head Flower Value To Gardener: Showy Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Shape: Tubular Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays Flower Size: Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Loam (Silt) Sand Shallow Rocky Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Occasionally Dry Available Space To Plant: Less than 12 inches 12 inches-3 feet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Ground Cover Herbaceous Perennial Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Habit/Form: Creeping Horizontal Spreading Growth Rate: Slow Maintenance: Low Texture: Fine.Attributes: Genus: Thymus Species: serpyllum Family: Lamiaceae Life Cycle: Perennial Woody Edibility: Leaves are usable as a flavoring in cooking Dimensions: Height: 0 ft. Let's take a look at my Creeping Thyme in its third year I have absolutely fallen in love with the performance of this Thyme - it's low.Tags: #evergreen #small spaces #drought tolerant #low growing #purple flowers #fragrant leaves #edging #spreading #groundcover #rock garden #pollinator plant #stepping stones #subshrub #poor soils tolerant #border front #sensory garden #walkway planting #garden walls #foot traffic tolerant #Guilford Crevice Garden #container plant #wet soils intolerant #woody perennial See this plant in the following landscapes: Dry Rock Stream Garden Collector’s Garden Crevice Garden, Guilford County Cultivars / Varieties: It can suffer root rot on poorly drained soils. ![]() Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious problems. Use this plant to cascade over walls, between stepping stones, for edging border fronts, in containers, or rock gardens. Prune as needed to reduce an overabundance of woody stems. Tiny tubular pink flowers appear in summer that attract pollinators. Preference is for full sun in sandy loam or rocky soils with good drainage. It grows only 1-3 inches high and spreads to 1 to 1.5 feet. A slightly mounding growth habit will result from lower sun exposure.Īs a named variety, Elfin thyme is only reproduced by vegetative propagation, as if it’s seed propagated it won’t always come true.Phonetic Spelling THY-mus ser-PIE-lum DescriptionĮlfin Thyme is a miniature cultivar grown primarily as an ornamental groundcover, not as a culinary herb. Grown in full sun or at least four to six hours of sun will give it compact flat growth. Don’t plant it under eaves or where it will get winter wet, and don’t use salt based de-icers as this will kill it. Plant in very well drained soil if you have clay soil, add some turkey grit or small gravel for extra drainage. The perfect time to do this is if a good rainy spell is in the forecast as hot and dry weather can put an end to them quickly. This year, they are all blooming and filling in nicely. Two years ago, I pulled up generous clumps from an established planting and gave them to the Stairway to Heaven. One of my favorite uses for this variety of thyme is planted around stone steps it fills in quickly and cascades down to cover the sides to soften them. I love the texture of Elfin thyme, like a rough carpet to wriggle your toes in. Pruned back to control the growth just encourages it to grow thicker than ever. The honey made from all kinds of thyme is sought after by the connoisseur. I plant it specifically to attract bees because of the huge quantities of wild pollinators and domestic honeybees that come for the nectar it produces in abundance. This is a very pretty plant, seldom bothered by die-back or diseases. The way the growth appears like scales, on this extremely low-to-the-ground variety is unique. The very fine, compact growth of medium green tiny leaves is covered in pink blooms for about three weeks at the end of June or into July. ![]() ![]() Thymus serphyllum ‘Elfin’ or Elfin thyme is without a doubt the most perfect thyme to plant in pathways, patios and as a thyme lawn. Other links on this site may lead to other companies that I’m associated with. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
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