Creeping Thyme 'Coccineus Praecox'

Thymus praecox ‘Coccineus’

BOTANICAL NAME: Thymus praecox ‘Coccineus’

PLANT TYPE:  PERENNIAL

SUN EXPOSURE:  Full Sun

BLOOM TIME  Early Summer - Mid Summer

AVERAGE SIZE:   1"-2" x 12"-18" 

COLD HARDINESS:   USDA Zone 2

DESCRIPTION: There are a great many selections of Thyme grown in gardens, all of them with some degree of spicy fragrance. This is a very low, bun or tuft-forming variety. Foliage is grey-green, smothered by soft-pink flowers in early summer. A slower growing form, but still excellent as a drought-tolerant lawn substitute or for planting between flagstones and in the rock garden.

Available in 3.5", 1 quart and 1 gallon pots