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Wayside Gardens is continuing to take and ship customer orders.
Please be advised that due to high demand, we are experiencing some delays in order shipments. We are also continuing to replenish our inventory on a daily basis to meet your gardening needs. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Please be advised that due to high demand, we are experiencing some delays in order shipments. We are also continuing to replenish our inventory on a daily basis to meet your gardening needs. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Thymus 'Coccineus'
Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'
Super fragrant!
- Genus: Thymus
- Species: praecox
- Variety: 'Coccineus'
- Zone: 4 - 9
- Bloom Start To End: Late Spring - Mid Summer
- Habit: Prostrate
- Plant Height: 2 in - 4 in
- Plant Width: 12 in - 18 in
- Additional Characteristics: Bloom First Year, Easy Care Plants, Flower, Fragrance
- Bloom Color: Red
- Light Requirements: Full Sun
- Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
- Resistance: Drought Tolerant
- Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
- Uses: Border, Containers, Foliage Interest, Ground Cover, Ornamental, Outdoor
- Restrictions:
*Due to state restrictions we cannot ship to the following:
Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands - show more
There is a lot to love about Red Creeping Thymus coccineus. In early summer it covers the floor of your garden in a sea of magenta or lavender-red. Red Creeping Thyme offers brilliant crimson-lavender flowers to carpet the early-summer garden floor. A low, mat-forming plant with fragrant foliage as well as beautiful blooms, it is easy and irresistible in any sunny setting!
Just a few inches high, the plant is densely covered with tiny, dark green, shiny leaves that are intensely aromatic when crushed -- plant them between paving stones and enjoy their fragrance every time you pass by. You'll find yourself in wonderland with the thick carpet of fragrant vivid blooms carpeting your garden.
Evergreen in the South, semi-evergreen in the North. Plant 12 to 15 inches apart in full sun and well drained soil. They will start blooming in late spring, reaching 12-18 inches wide and only a couple of inches tall. Zones 4-9.