Planted these last summer in a west-facing flowerbed. Got to see them bloom for the first time this spring and they are going to town!! ...Read More Almost solid pink, can't hardly see the green leaves for all the little blooms! I was worried they wouldn't survive our record breaking snowfall/cold temps this past winter but they are little troopers and are showing off marvelously now. I've divided a few in the fall just to see if they'd do okay and they've all done great, so I plan to divide some more to fill in some other spots in the same bed.
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz' has somewhat wooly dark olive green foliage. It flowers so abundunt in june that it can often happen that ...Read Moreit will overdo itself and will die from flowering..
(Taylor) Plano, TX (Zone 8a) | June 2006 | positive
Gorgeous paver plant. In mass and in bloom, they steal the show.
Mine grow in a very sunny, hot area between hot paver stones, ...Read Moreand do very well there with minimal water.
They've been planted for only a month now, but have been in bloom the entire time, and show no signs of slowing down.
This plant has been growing in my yard since Spring 2003. We had days of -10'F last winter and last December. Although we continue to h...Read Moreave snow on the ground, this plant continues grow. It does not respond well to dog urine and dies out where our dogs visit it, but it does grow back after. I live in near Agency Lake in Chiloquin, OR--zone 4 to 5.
I have a lot of creeping thyme cultivars in my rock garden. This one did not do well, but I am on the edge of its range--the cold end of ...Read Morezone 5/the warm end of zone 4. The pink chintz thyme was straggly all summer and didn't come back in the spring. Other creeping thymes thrive here--my lawn has large patches of wild mother of thyme, and I have larges patches of creeping lime thyme, and a creeping lemon thyme. I also have woolly thyme, but that is marginal here and dies back in cold winters.
I love this plant as a ground cover or a "stepable" plant between stepping stones. It has a great fragrance and very delicate pink flowe...Read Morers when it's in bloom.
Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) | November 2004 | positive
Very fragrant plant, low to the ground and loves to spread. Great for a groundcover as it only reaches a height of 2". Little pink flow...Read Moreers adorn the foliage from June to September. Great in rock gardens or under trees as it can tolerate partial shade.
Planted these last summer in a west-facing flowerbed. Got to see them bloom for the first time this spring and they are going to town!! ...Read More
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz' has somewhat wooly dark olive green foliage. It flowers so abundunt in june that it can often happen that ...Read More
Gorgeous paver plant. In mass and in bloom, they steal the show.
Mine grow in a very sunny, hot area between hot paver stones, ...Read More
This plant has been growing in my yard since Spring 2003. We had days of -10'F last winter and last December. Although we continue to h...Read More
I have a lot of creeping thyme cultivars in my rock garden. This one did not do well, but I am on the edge of its range--the cold end of ...Read More
I love this plant as a ground cover or a "stepable" plant between stepping stones. It has a great fragrance and very delicate pink flowe...Read More
Very fragrant plant, low to the ground and loves to spread. Great for a groundcover as it only reaches a height of 2". Little pink flow...Read More