Thymus serpyllum | European Wild Thyme, Mother Of Thyme, Serpolet, Creeping Thyme | Groundcover

Thymus serpyllum belongs to the plant family LAMIACEĈ and Genus Thymus This Groundcover prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various

We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Thymus serpyllum does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds

Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Thymus serpyllum so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties

Thymus serpyllum European wild thyme,mother of thyme,serpolet,creeping thyme is not known as a butterfly attracting plant

Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).

The leaves of Thymus serpyllum have a faint sweet perfume. Creeping thyme (also known as European wild thyme, mother of thyme or serpolet) can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -30° Fahrenheit. It does well in dry soils. This plant can survive for a while without water.

Thymus serpyllum will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.

Thymus serpyllum is a perennial.

Leaves of the plant Thymus serpyllum have a smell of scented leaves and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … Faintly sweet | Faint

This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 4" feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page

Thymus serpyllum has traditionally been used in many herbal remedies including: as an antiseptic, as an antifungal, as a decongestant and as an anthelmintic. (More are listed in the medicinal properties section.) The plant parts used in herbal preparations are the flowers.

"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.

"The Fragrant Garden.  A book about sweet scented flowers and leaves", Louise Beebe Wilder, Dover Publications, New York, 1974.  Originally published as "The Fragrant Path", Louise Beebe Wilder, 1932, The Macmillan Company.

"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.