creeping thyme - 'Caborn Wine and Roses'
thyme or Thymus 'Caborn Wine and Roses'
Very free flowering with tiny, red-flushed, purple-pink flowers, ‘Caborn Wine and Roses’ is a decorative, creeping evergreen variety...
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Plant description
Very free flowering with tiny, red-flushed, purple-pink flowers, ‘Caborn Wine and Roses’ is a decorative, creeping evergreen variety with neat, aromatic dark green foliage attractive to bees and other pollinators, great in rockeries or stone paths where it can grow in between the cracks.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Average
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Thymus Caborn Wine and Roses:
After flowering cut back hard using garden shears to retain a neat compact shape. Lift and divide large clumps in early spring.
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