![]() ![]() Even if the aromatic herb is edible, it does not have the same importance in the kitchen and medicine as Common thyme. One thing is sure: Creeping Thyme is an ornamental plant. But don’t let the botanical to and fro confuse you. At other times, they are billed as a creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum), while a ‘Bressingham seedling’ is considered part of the species Thymus doerfleri. You can grow other herbs in the container with parsley, if desired. Feed the plants every two weeks with fish emulsion or half-strength liquid fertilizer. If this is the first time you've tried growing herbs, start simple. Keep the soil lightly moist and empty the saucer under the pot after every watering so that the roots don’t sit in water. Mid spring brings a froth of tiny lavender-pink flowers highly attractive to pollinators. Flat-leaf parsley is easy to grow and has lots of flavor. Creeping and cascading habit, the small green woolly leaves form a flat carpet a couple inches high by 18 inches wide. Thyme grows between 4 inches to 1 foot in height and 8 to 16 inches across depending on the variety. Some trailing herbs such as thyme and oregano may also grow. Thyme plants produce small flowers that are appealing to bees. Sometimes, all creeping varieties of the Thymus praecox fall under the same umbrella. (pink chintz thyme) This aromatic, low growing, mat forming perennial, has received the Royal Horticultural Societys Award of Merit. The easiest herbs to grow indoors are basil, mint, chives and parsley. However, the natural tendency towards variation of the Thymus species with several subspecies makes it difficult to clearly assign in garden sorts, especially because the dwarf varieties love to cross breed. The variable types of forest are rarely found in herbaceous gardening. A strong grower, ideal as a drought-tolerant lawn. The Labiatae (Lamiaceae) family is native to western Europe. This flat-growing Thyme features nutmeg-scented green leaves, smothered by mauve-pink flowers in early summer. Once established, it is drought tolerant. Its pollen-rich flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. Deadhead its flowers to prevent it from spreading its seed. The Spring Thyme is better known as a padding thyme for its mat-forming growth. Yarrow is a long-lasting perennial plant with tiny flat flower clusters that can spread aggressively. The botanical name Thymus praecox already indicates that this Thyme is an ‘early’ bloomer.
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