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Creeping Thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Creeping Thyme is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 4-8, that matures to about 0.3-0.3 ft × 0.3-1 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, occasionally-dry and very-dry soil. Expect pink and purple blooms in summer. It attracts bees and butterflies, stands up well to deer, drought and dry soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 4-8
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 0.3-0.3 ft × 0.3-1 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry, Very-dry
- Bloom color
- Pink, Purple
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Dry soil, Poor soil, Rabbits, Salt
- Native to
- Northern Europe
Freeze survival
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