{"product_id":"coccineus-creeping-thyme-bare-root-plant","title":"Coccineus Creeping Thyme - Bare Root Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoccineus is a red creeping thyme that forms a flat, dense mat of tiny, dark green, evergreen leaves. From early through midsummer the mat disappears under a blanket of bright magenta-red flowers, and in fall the leaves take on bronze tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is lovely between stepping stones, spilling over walls, in rock gardens and along path edges. The foliage is fragrant when brushed, it handles drought well and deer tend to avoid it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTiny, two-lipped flowers about 1\/4 inch long in bright magenta red, packed into small rounded heads that cover the entire surface of the plant. Leaves are tiny, oval, about 1\/4 inch long, dark glossy green, set closely on thin, creeping, rooting stems. The plant forms a flat, dense mat 2 to 4 inches tall and about 12 inches wide, hugging the ground and stones. In fall the leaves turn bronze. At peak bloom it looks like a solid carpet of magenta red with almost no green showing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreeping thyme loves the same full sun and lean, well-drained soil as lavender, and its low magenta mat makes a fragrant living mulch or edging at the feet of lavender plants, blooming right alongside them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun in average, well-drained soil; it is drought tolerant once established and dislikes wet soil. Hardy in zones 3-8; shear lightly after bloom to keep the mat dense, and it will tolerate light foot traffic between stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thymus praecox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright magenta red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark green, bronze in fall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Flat, creeping mat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2–4 in tall × 12 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3–8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Plant","offer_id":67776970588456,"sku":"GLLF-PER-E5E73D40-BR","price":14.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/coccineus-creeping-thyme.jpg?v=1790892229","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/coccineus-creeping-thyme-bare-root-plant","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}