Scientific Name: Thymus pseudolanuginosus
Common Name: woolly thyme
Family Name: Lamiaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover
Mature Size: < 0.1m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Alpine, Container planting, Fragrance, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Specimen plant
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ciliate
Flowers: Verticillaster, Pink, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Dense evergreen groundcover to 2cm high; leaves tiny, elliptic, margins ciliate, gray-green; stems reddish-purple.