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Lemon Creeping Thyme
Thymus citriodorus ‘Lemon’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Groundcover
Height or Length at Maturity: 4-6″ (Flowers to 12″)
Width at Maturity: 18″ or more
Spacing: 18″ apart
Spacing: 18″ apart
Growth Habit / Form: Mounded, Spreading
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lilac-Pink
Flower Type: Single, in clusters
Flower Size: Small
Flowering Period: Summer, Early Fall
Flowering Period: Summer, Early Fall
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes, Lemon scent and taste!
Berries: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Light Shade
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay soil for good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Moist to Lightly Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.0
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Foot Traffic
Description
Excellent for any dish or drink calling for a lemon flavor, Lemon Creeping Thyme is a quick spreader perfect for use as a groundcover or border in garden beds or as a soil cover in container gardens. It forms an undulating carpet of tiny, glossy green leaves that can be used fresh or dried as a flavoring for salads, soups, stews, sauces, and meat or fish dishes. Whorls of small lilac-pink flowers appear at the tops of stems in early to mid summer as a treat for beneficial pollinators.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a low mound to only 4 to 6 inches tall and spreading 18 inches or more, Lemon Creeping Thyme is ideal for use as a groundcover or border front in gardens beds and along walks and pathways. Also sa nice filler plant in container gardens. A fine addition to herb gardens, culinary gardens, rock gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: 18 inches for mass plantings or solid borders
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Growing Preferences
When planted right and in the right spot, Lemon Creeping Thyme is easy to grow. It grows best in light, lightly moist to dry, well-drained soil and full sun. A little shade is okay. Will tolerate rainy periods but constantly soggy or wet soil is a killer. So make sure to plant in a well-drained site.
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