Up for sale is one pack of 1000+ Purple Creeping Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) flower seeds. Creeping Thyme make a dense ground cover or garden edging topped with purple flowers.
PLEASE NOTE: You can not sow creeping thyme in hot weather. Sowing in hot spring/summer/fall weather will ensure your seeds will not germinate. Creeping Thyme is challenging to germinate and successful germination rates are usually below 50%. Please read the directions below before ordering.
We offer flat rate combined shipping on all orders, no limit on the amount or type of seed packets.
CULTURE
Soil temperature: 70 degrees MAX
Germination lighting: Light
Germination days: 14-21 days
Weeks indoor: 4 Weeks
Seed Depth: 1/8"
Seed Spacing: N/A
Plant spread: 12"
Plant height: 6"
Plant type: Perennial
For zones 3-9.
It is best start creeping thyme in pots 8 weeks before your last frost in the spring and transplant into your garden once your seedlings reach 2" tall. It's best to mix you seeds with some fine dry sand and use a shaker to distribute them on your potting material. Keep your pot/tray (with holes in the bottom) in a tray containing about 1" of water and cover lightly with plastic wrap. Keep your pot/tray under cool lights until germination. Thyme needs a cool and moist environment 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. 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.
PLEASE READ: Creeping Thyme can be very challenging to direct sow. You need temperatures to stay in the 60 to 70 range, and moist conditions, for the seeds to successfully germinate outdoors. If direct sowing it's best to mix you seeds with some fine dry sand and use a shaker to distribute them.
ONCE AGAIN - Thyme will not germinate in hot weather so if you miss a winter or early spring sowing, and want to try direct sowing them save them and try sowing them once your weather stays near 60-70 degrees for a couple of weeks. If it is summer, and you want to try to germinate them, your will have to sow them in pots under lights inside your house in temps between 60-70.