Thymus vulgaris 'Silver Posie'

thyme

• Position: full sun
• Soil: well-drained neutral to alkaline soil
• Rate of growth: average to fast
• Flowering period: May and June
• Flower colour: bright purple to white
• Other features: the aromatic leaves are a useful ingredient in bouquet garni, stuffings and sauces; highly attractive to bees and other beneficial pollinating insects
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Bright purple to white flowers in late spring and early summer and wonderful, white-margined, aromatic, grey-green leaves. This bushy, creeping thyme is an excellent ground cover plant. Perfect for a sunny rock garden or for edging paths and borders, the aromatic leaves are useful for making bouquet garni, stuffings and sauces.
  
  
• Garden care: After flowering cut back hard using garden shears to retain a neat compact shape. Lift and divide large clumps in early spring
  
  
  • Eventual Height: 0.3m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.45m
  Thymus vulgaris 'Silver Posie' - thyme An excellent ground cover