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Pink Thyme Plant 'Compactus' 6 Pack

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Potted Thyme Plants - Description

  • Potted Thyme Plant
  • Thymus Compactus
  • AKA Breckland Thyme, Breckland Wild Thyme, Wild Thyme
  • Variety: Vul. Compactus
  • Colour: Pink
  • Potted Plant
  • Pot Size: 9cm
  • Qty: 6 Pack

Potted Thyme Plants - Characteristics

  • Plant Type: Low spreading plant
  • Ground cover
  • Lawn alternative
  • Evergreen herbaceous plant
  • Fully Grown Size: 7cm high, 50cm spread
  • Moderate growth rate
  • Flower Colour: Pink
  • Flowering Time: Early to mid Summer
  • Foliage: Aromatic & evergreen foliage forms a soft cushion
  • Sow: All year round
  • Hardiness: Fully hardy

Potted Thyme Plants - Uses

  • Both ornamental & culinary uses
  • Popular choice as a lawn alternative
  • Can be grown in walls & crevices
  • Suited to a rockery & alpine flower bed
  • Position in between paving & stepping stones
  • Thyme will cover bare soil & reduce garden maintenance
  • Position plants towards the front of borders
  • Some great companion plants include Lavenders, Rosemary & Saxifraga

Potted Thyme Plants - Planting Instructions

  • Ensure soil is moist before planting
  • Thyme is happy in dry soils & soils of low fertility
  • Grow in sandy, gritty soil
  • If soil is poor draining, add plenty of potting grit to the base of the hole
  • Happy in sun or partial shade
  • Spacing: 50cm apart
  • Prepare bed by digging over soil & adding fertilizer or manure
  • Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
  • Handle pots with care
    • Squeeze side of pots to remove plant
  • Firm in well
  • Water again after planting
  • Benefits from a hard prune every few years to prevent plants getting leggy
  • Clumps can be divided to propagate new plants

Potted Thyme Plants - A Lawn Alternative

  • Space plants 35cm apart
  • Number of plants per metre = 8 plants
  • For best effect plant 2 colours of thyme
  • Also add some ornamental grasses such as carex, festuca & stipa
  • If soil has poor drainage, add drainage grit
  • It is important to note that a lot of weeding is required in the first 2 years before lawn is established
  • To reduce maintenance you can mulch up around the base of each plant for the first 2 years
  • Other plants suited to lawn alternative planting
    • Sagina subulata - Moss
    • Gypsophila repens
    • Ajuga - Bungleweed
    • Chamomile nobilis
Very healthy plant and was dispatched very quickly
I bought these 18 months ago and now I am looking forward to getting more. They were beautiful from day one. They are now absolutely stunning. Same for the White. Can't wait til they are in stock again!
Small pots as described. Very green and healthy looking
Stunning, hale and hearty. Looking even better (growing) in only 2 days in the ground! Can not wait to see it spread.
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