WOOLLY THYME THYMUS PSEUDOLANUGINOSUS FULL

Flowers: Flower Color: Pink Flower Bloom Time: Summer Flower Shape: Tubular Flower Size: < 1 inch Flower Description: Tiny pale pink tubular flowers appear in leaf axils sporadically in the summer.

WOOLLY THYME THYMUS PSEUDOLANUGINOSUS FULL

Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Soil Texture: Loam (Silt) Sand Shallow Rocky Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Occasionally Dry Very Dry Available Space To Plant: Less than 12 inches NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Ground Cover Herb Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Habit/Form: Horizontal Spreading Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: Low Texture: Fine.Attributes: Genus: Thymus Species: pseudolanuginosus Family: Lamiaceae Life Cycle: Perennial Country Or Region Of Origin: Southern Europe Wildlife Value: Flowers attract butterflies and bees.Tags: #small spaces #drought tolerant #nectar plant #lawn alternative #low maintenance #mass planting #air pollution tolerant #deer resistant #rock garden #border planting #hairy leaves #stepping stones #subshrub #food source summer #border front #dry soils tolerant #foot traffic tolerant #butterfly friendly #bee friendly #Guilford Crevice Garden #woody perennial #buncombe county sun and shade garden #wildlife friendly See this plant in the following landscape: Crevice Garden, Guilford County Cultivars / Varieties: Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious problems though wet soils will cause root and crown rot. Unlike other thymes, this one is not fragrant and is not good for culinary purposes.

Prune it to maintain shape and encourage bushy growth along its woody stems. Mass plant in the front of a border and enjoy the butterflies and bees that visit the flowers. Plant it between stepping stones or have it spill over a rock wall. This plant will not tolerate clay soils or wet sites. It withstands poor rocky soils, drought, deer browsing, foot traffic and air pollution well. It grows well in dry well-drained soils in the full sun. Wooly thyme is a very short prostrate herb in the Lamiaceae (mint) family from Europe. It also spills gracefully over stone walls and boulders and can be grown in container gardens as a soil cover. A strong grower, with the right condions it is ideal as a drought-tolerant lawn substitute.Phonetic Spelling THY-mus soo-doh-lan-oo-gin-OH-sus Description It is also ideal for planting between the gaps of stepping or paving stones, tolerating moderate foot traffic. Patios, walks, rock gardens, stone walls, and pond borders all benefit from the creeping, cascading habit of Woolly Thyme. Ensure the soil is well-drained.įorming a dense mat, Woolly Thyme makes an excellent selection as a groundcover on dry slopes or embankments or in garden beds. Constantly wet or soggy, overwatered soils will cause the plant to rot. The densely haired, tiny, fuzzy grey leaves on creeping stems form low, dense mats of ground-hugging foliage that grows to about 1 inch in height with a spread of 12 inches or more. In summer, pretty, tiny, tubular, soft-pink flowers contrast nicely with the foliage.Įasy to grow, Woolly time prefers a well-drained, average to poor soil and full sun. Though the foliage has little to no fragrance, and thee is no culinary use, it makes up for it with some of the most attractive foliage and flowers of any thyme. One from our 'Toe Tickler' collection, Woolly Thyme is one of the best of the evergreen thymes.

Woolly thyme thymus pseudolanuginosus