We do not ship plants outside Orange County, California due to weather, shipping service handling, and cost considerations. Please remember that not all sizes are available at any given time.įree delivery in Orange County only. Cut back when needed to maintain appearance. It will rot in moist soils, so plant on slopes, or hillsides or in containers if you have clay soil. This is one of the woolliest thymes available and as its low growing is ideal as an unusual ground cover. It is happy in any full sun, dry, well-drained spot such as patios, walkways, rock gardens, walls, slopes, or pond borders. Description Tiny, pale pink flowers appear in summer amongst small, grey, woolly foliage. Woolly thyme forms a 1" by 12", dense mat of tiny, extremely fuzzy leaves without much fragrance and small pink flowers in summer. Most varieties of thyme have small, heavily scented leaves and have low water needs. Select the growth habit, leaf color and flower color you like best. Great ground covers about 1 inch high, although some are considered shubby perennials (see the 1-3 foot plants listing). Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.Thyme or Thymus is an herb with many varieties that stay small – from the soil-skimming Elfin Thyme ( Thymus minor) to the fuzzy Woolly Thyme ( Thymus pseudolanuginosus or Thymus praecox). Known hazards of Thymus pseudolanuginosus: None known Layering.Ĭultivation of the herb: Not known in a wild situation Physical Characteristics Thymus praecox is an evergreen Shrub growing to 0.1 m (0ft 4in) by 0.3 m (1ft) at a medium rate. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 5 - 8cm with a heel, July/August in a frame. Cuttings of young shoots, 5 - 8cm with a heel, May/June in a frame. Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme, Breckland wild thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme, or elfin thyme, is a species of flowering. It forms matlike plants that root from the nodes of the squarish, limp stems. Plant them out in the summer or the following spring. Wild thyme is a creeping dwarf evergreen shrub with woody stems and a taproot. Thymus serpyllum Elfin features delicate, light pink flowers blooming above a tight mat of tiny, aromatic. We have found that it is best to pot up smaller divisions and grow them on in light shade in a greenhouse or cold frame until they are growing away well. Thymus serpyllum Elfin Elfin Thyme (3.5 Pot). Its creeping habit also makes this hardy evergreen perennial a good rockery plant. You will receive an instruction label which gives you further cultural instructions. Woolly thyme only grows to around 5cm off the ground and provides unusual ground cover. All are evergreen woody-based perennials, shrub or sub-shrubs with small aromatic leaves and whorls of small, tubular, purple, pink or white flowers in late spring or summer. Larger divisions can be planted out direct into their permanent positions. It is ready to be placed (weather permitting) into it’s final position. There are some 350 species of Thymus (Thyme) but only a few are used as ornamental plants, including T. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Thymus pseudolanuginosus (Woolly Thyme) is a superb low care groundcover thyme with fuzzy gray foliage and vigorous spreading stems that root as they spread across the soil. Seed can also be sown in autumn in a greenhouse. Propagation of Woolly Thyme: Seed - sow spring in a cold frame. Other uses of the herb: An essential oil is obtained from the leaves. Habitat of the herb: Not known in a wild situationĮdible parts of Woolly Thyme: The leaves have a thyme scent and are used as a flavouring in food.
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