Thymus longicaulis subsp. chaubardii

This thyme was imported from Beth Chatto’s wonderful nursery in the U.K. Making a prostrate carpet of tiny glossy dark green leaves it is covered with showy rose pink flowers held in clusters above the plant during spring. This Greek native is one of the best of its kind and needs very little extra water. We have planted it in the Dry Garden and beside the carpark as a ground cover around Hesperaloe where Iris reticulata, Crocus species and wild tulips flower. Rated to at least minus 10C. 6cm x 40cm.