Woolly Thyme

Woolly thyme is one of my favorite, low-growing ground covers. I especially like how it drapes down my rock walls like a cascading waterfall.

Woolly thyme-the wooliest of all thymes-forms a dense ground-covering mat of tiny, densely hairy leaves. The foliage has barely any fragrance and is unsuitable for culinary use. In summer, tiny pink tubular flowers appear.

Woolly Thyme [English]: Thymus pseudolanuginosus
Woolly Tidestromia [English]: Tidestromia lanuginosa
Woolly Tidestromia [English]: Achyranthes lanuginosa
Woolly Tidestromia [English]: Alternanthera lanuginosa ...

Wooly Thymus praecox arcticus 'Languinosus' - Soft and silvery, Woolly Thyme is in a class by itself. Tightly knit, it makes a great filler for in between pavers or along borders.

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While Farley's had a 'couple of plants peter out,' she's mostly had a lot of success. Standout performers include the 'Hansa' rose (Rosa 'Hansa'), woolly thyme, perennial flax (Linum perenne 'Sapphir') and a range of grasses such as eulalia.

Woolly Thyme (Thymus pseudolanuginosus)
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See also: Thyme, Thymus, Lemon, May, Thymus pseudolanuginosus