![]() ![]() Thyme has double the amount of Vitamin A and almost 10 times the amount of Vitamin C compared to rosemary. Creeping thyme plants can become woody over time. They will grow best in full sun, although they will tolerate some shade. Like most herb plants, creeping thyme seems to thrive in poor soils. ![]() ‘Pink Chintz’ has salmon-pink flowers and slightly woolly, dark olive green leaves. Thyme is way richer in Vitamin A and C compared to rosemary. Creeping thyme plants grow best in well-draining soil with a neutral to slightly alkaline pH. Specific epithet from Greek means creeping in reference to the trailing growth habit of this species. Genus name comes from the Greek word thymos (name used in ancient Greece for a species of Thymus or Satureja). Each plant grows to a mature height of only 3 to 6 inches tall. ![]() The plants are compact, forming stems that lay down to trail the ground beneath. Each branch bares clusters of roughly 10 to 20 flowers atop slender stems. Dense inflorescences (primarily terminal but sometimes axillary) of tiny, tubular, bell-shaped, two-lipped, deep pink to purple flowers appear in summer (June-September) on erect flowering stems rising 2-4” tall. Mother of Thyme is a low growing herb that produces masses of beautiful purple flowers. Although leaves are aromatic (fragrance of mint), strength of scent varies according to season and habitat, and leaves are usually not considered to be of culinary quality. You dont want to re-create a dinner scene straight out of the Real Housewives playbook so think carefully when deciding where to seat you mother and stepmother. Numerous, thin, somewhat woody, prostrate stems clad with tiny, opposite, oval-rounded, pubescent, almost sessile, glossy blue-green leaves (to 1/4” long) form a flat foliage mat to 2-3” tall which will spread over time by rooting stems to 12-18” wide. Wild thyme is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The taste can be described as sweet and savory, with hints of peppermint, lemon, oregano, or cinnamon. This herb is what gives dishes like stuffing their characteristic flavor. It is rarely used in cooking ( Thymus vulgaris is the culinary thyme most commonly used in cooking). It goes by many different names, such as Old Woman, Mother of Thyme, and Wild Marjoram. (Actually, the leaves will all turn black and the plant will die a slow and lingering death if you over-water. All thyme tends to rot in moist or wet soil particularly during the winter months. Thymus serpyllum, commonly called wild thyme, creeping thyme or mother-of-thyme, is a hairy, prostrate, creeping, woody-based perennial which is primarily grown as an ornamental ground cover. They prefer dry to medium, well-drained soil. ![]()
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