Red Creeping Thyme Invasive

Grows 3 inches tall max - no mowing.

Red creeping thyme invasive. English thyme is no threat also even though it produces seeds because it does not creep like wild thyme and again any seedlings it produces are easy to control. A Planting Guide for Red Creeping Thyme. This variety covers ground quickly growing to 18-inches in diameter.

Safe Herbs for Dogs Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis and creeping or wild thyme Thymus serpyllum are drought-tolerant evergreens that are safe for dogs and bloom in the spring and early summer. Very dense foliage and masses of pink to red flowers Thymus serpyllum Coccineus is commonly called Red Creeping Thyme. Serpyllum can be invasive in some situations.

Space plants 12 to 15 inches apart. Coccineus Group and woolly thyme T. That said if you do want to use the cloth you should give the plants at least 8 to 10 inches of top soil.

Adds elegance to mixed beds or pots when allowed to trail over the edges. This could be an answer for metko Outdoor Plants. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 8 though it may tolerate hot summers in zone 9 as well.

The red creeping thyme produces small but pretty flowers that produce the typical thyme scent. Groundcover thymes that is small plants with a distinctly creeping habit such as creeping thyme Thymus serpyllum red creeping thyme T. Read up on Oregons 100 most dangerous invasives and get the latest information on invasive plants and animals.

This is the slowest growing creeping thyme of all varieties. There are literally dozens of cultivars of creeping thyme for example. Can grow as entire lawn.