![]() Letting them get too hot, or letting your potting soil dry out, sends a message to the seeds that it's not time to germinate. These germinate very slowly and the difficult part is keeping them cool, moist, and exposed to light (during the day) for 30 days. Also thyme likes moist soil while germinating so don't let your soil dry out (water from below and cover pots with plastic wrap). Thyme will not germinate in temperatures much above 70 so it's best to sow them in very early spring or over winter in pots. We offer flat rate combined shipping on all orders, no limit on the amount or type of seed packets.įor zones 3-9 Purple Creeping thyme is easy to sow if you follow one rule - only sow them when your temperatures will be in the 60 - 70 range. Please read the directions below before ordering. Creeping Thyme is challenging to germinate and successful germination rates are usually below 50%. Sowing in hot spring/summer/fall weather will ensure your seeds will not germinate. PLEASE NOTE: You can not sow creeping thyme in hot weather. Creeping Thyme make a dense ground cover or garden edging topped with purple flowers. Our herbs are packaged securely in recycled and recyclable blister packs and then into cardboard boxes, to ensure your plants to arrive in the best possible condition.įurther information about delivery can be found on our Ordering & delivery information page.Up for sale is one pack of 1000+ Purple Creeping Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) flower seeds. PackagingĪll the herbs are supplied in 9x9 cm pots (8cm depth). Unfortunately due to Brexit we are unable to ship to Northern Island currently. *Please note there are additional surcharges for delivery to some postcodes in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, Isle of Wight and Scilly Isles - this will be calculated at the checkout based on the delivery address postcode. Chargesġ - 3 herbs (UK including highlands & islands) - £6.20 Orders sent by courier to Scottish Highlands and Islands, Isle of Wight and Scilly Isles take 48-72hrs - this will be indicated at the checkout. Very small orders of up to 3 herbs are dispatched with Royal Mail but the majority of our orders are sent via a 24 hour courier service. This is usually within two to four days of placing your order, but at some points of the year during busy peaks it may take a little longer. We deliver our herb plants to addresses across the UK. Orders are dispatched between Mondays and Thursdays. They do however form a carpet of ground cover in sunny spots which erupt into bloom around July and are a hive of activity for pollinating insects, bees and butterflies. Many of these tiny creeping thymes don’t have the full bodied flavour of regular thyme and are also difficult to harvest and so not much used for culinary or medicinal purposes. ![]() If you have one growing in full sun between one and seven in the afternoon in summer that’s fantastic, but direct sun is reduced to about three hours in winter and generally it just isn’t enough. Most thymes are pretty hardy and cope well with frosts, it is the wetness and lack of light over winter that can finish them off. ![]() Initially it will have to be watered if the weather is dry until established, but after that it should creep around nicely on its own. It also needs a well-drained soil and flat growing creeping thymes like this are perfect for cracks in paving, patios, walls, pots and rockeries which are all free draining. ![]() Thyme is a plant that just has to be in full sun – it can never really be too hot for this pretty herb, the more sun the better. In common with other thymes, the flowers are alight with foraging bees and butterflies in the summer. ![]() A very attractive creeping thyme with dark leaves and crimson flowers, this thyme doesn’t have as much flavour and aroma as other types but is a very striking ground cover herb. ![]()
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