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Thyme : serplyllum
Thyme : serplyllum
Hardy Herbaceous Perennial
- Flowers: Early to late Summer
- Soil: Well drained
- Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Height: 6 inches
- Germination: Easy
- Aftercare: Easy
- Special Features: Scented
- Ideal for: Border, Cottage Garden, Ground Cover, Rockery
Description
Just like a thick pile, luxurious carpet, this plant trails and spreads over your garden, rockery or between paving.
Flowers for many months, has a pleasant scent and once established suppresses weeds too.
Please note blooms will range in colours from white, rose or rosy purple.
Ideal in the border, rockery, alpine lawn.
Use it to fill spaces between crazy paving.
Flowers summer.
Trailing plant.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | late winter onwards. |
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Sow in good seed compost.
Sow seed on surface of compost and gently firm.
Seal in a polythene bag or cover with a piece of glass and place in a shady spot but do not exclude light which is beneficial for germination.
Keep the soil damp but not wet.
Germination usually takes 14-21 days at 18C (65F).
Growing Instructions
Transplant when large enough to handle in 7.5cm (3in) pots.
Grow cool and fairly moist and later plant our 23cm (9in) apart in good well drained soil and full sun.
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