Species
Creeping thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Varieties
1 entriesThymus serpyllum is a low, creeping subshrub with small aromatic leaves. Short flowering stems rise above the spreading woody growth, carrying small pink to purple tubular flowers. Thymus serpyllum has aromatic foliage.
Botanical characteristics
Its ground-hugging habit distinguishes it from upright thymes. Drainage matters because persistently wet conditions can cause rot even in an otherwise drought-tolerant plant.
Creeping thyme: seed selection
The wholesale seed list offers Purple within Thymus serpyllum.
The purple selection is offered with purple flowers.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Thymus serpyllum
- Common names
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- Breckland Garden
- Breckland Thyme
- Breckland Wild Thyme
- Breckland-garden
- Creeping Thyme
- Hillwort
- Lemon Thyme
- Mother Of Thyme
- Penny Mountain
- Wild Thyme
- mother-of-thyme
- Synonyms
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- Origanum serpyllum
- Serpyllum vulgare
- Thymbra ciliata
- Thymus angustifolius empetroides
- Thymus angustifolius ericoides
- Thymus angustifolius linearifolius
- Thymus angustifolius pycnotrichus
- Thymus angustifolius rigidus
- Thymus campestris
- Thymus caucasicus
- Thymus serpyllum citriodorus
- Thymus serpyllum pycnotrichus
- Thymus serpyllum serpyllum
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Thymus
- Species
- Thymus serpyllum