WOOLY CREEPING THYME INSTALL

What do you say? Do you know of a Wooly Thyme seed source? Should I go with the creeping thyme if not, or keep it simple and just stick with grass ( I can always let the critters re-kill everything and try again another time)….and why are my own design decisions so much harder than those I make for my clients!! Please, I am hoping someone has a source that they can share?īecause if I can’t find wooly thyme seeds, then I think I am going to have to settle for creeping thyme….which is lovely, but I am pretty sure that the pink flowers will clash with deep reds and orange colors that I have going on at the front of the house….and the whole idea starts to make me wonder if I should just go back to grass…… Thymus pseudolanuginosus – Woolly Creeping Thyme - but I am having a tough time finding seeds (which I prefer, as I have no patience for plug planting). Well, those nasty little white worms did step # 1, the wind and a quick sweep of the rake has covered off step # 2 and so I figure I must seize the unexpected labor-saving opportunity and plant the place up with something other than grass. Wooly thyme’s vigorous, spreading stems are perfect for partially shaded lawns or rock garden borders.

WOOLY CREEPING THYME INSTALL

The typical steps to install such a thing are to kill all your grass, remove all the remnants of said grass and then you can seed or plant plugs. Since happening across a thyme lawn in northern Vermont a couple of summers ago, I have wanted to consider replacement.

I have honestly never seen a case of grubs killing everything in sight, which is exactly what has happened….I suspect because of the mild winter. This isn’t a case of not greening up in the spring…it is so much worse….when I rake it everything comes up and I am left with just clean dirt.

Wooly creeping thyme