'Wild Thyme' (thii-mus: sir-PHIL-lum)
A dwarf prostrate sub-shrub growing to 4 inches tall, with flowers whorled in rounded heads. Very usful for rock gardens, wall plantings or a groundcover. Plant together with Delosperma cooperi, Gypsophila cerastioides, and Sedum spurium. This is a selectiion that produces very consistant 2 inch tall plants with carmine-pink flowers. Blooming from spring through early summer. As a welcome bonus plants have a Lemon scent to the leaves. Grows best on the dry side-wet soils will casue the plants to rot, and in soils that are not overy rich in nitrogen. Full sun to light shade. Native to northern Europe Zones (4)5-8. Seeds are small so do not cover - use 65-70 F with germination in a few days.
70 seeds
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