Check here to see if Elfin Thyme Plug Trays are available. They are a great low cost way to fill a lot of space. These trays hold 128 of all the same plant. This plant is often available in plug trays. Other flagstone fillers are Annie Hall Thyme, Highland Cream Thyme, Leprechaun Thyme, Mint Thyme, Pink Chintz Thyme, White Moss Thyme and Woolly Thyme. It is often included in our popular Flagstone Filler 36-Plant Assortment, available in either 6 plants each of 6 different varieties, or 3 plants each of 12 different varieties. Elfin Thyme is a good choice for planting between stepping stones where spaces may be very small. It blooms in early summer rather than in spring like many other ground cover thymes.Įlfin Thyme, like most thymes, needs at least five hours of sun a day to keep it from reaching for light and getting leggy.Įlfin Thyme’s small, closely spaced flowers and leaves makes it not only one of the smallest thymes but also one of the slowest growing thymes. Some years it blooms a lot and some not so much. ![]() The tiny flowers are held very close to the ground. Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme, 3 Breckland wild thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme, or elfin thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to most of Europe and North Africa. Setting the stones into the ground instead of on top, so the thyme may be planted level with the stones, will provide a smoother, flatter look.Įlfin Thyme flowers are the typical lilac color of most thymes. ![]() Like all thymes if they have something to climb up, it will. This is actually two plants that have grown together. The same Elfin Thyme plant at the end of the following year. By the end of the first season it measured about 4 inches across. serpyllum ‘Elfin’) Elfin thyme is a creeping variety no more than 1 to 2 inches (2.5-5 cm.) high with fragrant leaves and tiny purple or pink flowers, good for rock gardens and in between pavers or bricks. This three month old Elfin Thyme was started in early spring from one of our 2 3/4 inch containers.
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