![]() Thyme can die back from excessive moisture and root rot (or crown-rotting disease) in some years if the weather is too wet, so using a mixture of species of other groundcovers is recommended as a safeguard against this phenomenon decimating the planting. You can try Creeping Thyme, but they may not be easy to start from seed, so using plants instead would be safer. Moss Phlox ( Phlox subulata), Sedum, and Hens & Chicks as you have already used are good candidates. (We realize that the shadows in the picture might be from the lower sun angle this time of year and not representative of mid-summer.)Īssuming the drainage is good and there are no issues with browsing deer to contend with, below are some ideas to start with for the western side. serpyllum is another creeping thyme variety. It’s drought tolerant, and evergreen in mild climates. Hardy in Zones 4 to 8, this woody perennial likes well-drained dry to average soil and full sun. Light foot traffic releases a delightful minty aroma. will appear in low, dense mats, which sprawl randomly and quickly fill in areas as a ground cover. Creeping thyme ( Thymus praecox) is a wild variety of the herb that is wonderful between stepping stones. An evergreen with lightly haired foliage, this tiny-growing creeping thyme varietal rarely over 3 inches or 7.5 cm. If the sunny area receives at least six hours of sun daily in summer, than full-sun-loving plants are a good option otherwise, if overhanging trees we see casting shadows in the photos partially shade this site during the day, then part sun / part shade plants are better suited to the site. Thymus praecox is a low-growing perennial hardy in USDA hardiness zones 4-9 with fairly minimal requirements. I am thinking of planting creeping thyme seeds on the west-facing slopes to help stablize them. I have mixed in some leafgro & plan to do more. The soil that is there in amongst the rocks is clay. Right now the spot has two creeping phlox, two new hens & chicks plus some babies from the original hens & chicks, a few spots of sedum previously planted and three newly planted sedums. The east side is wooded so not much morning sun there. The spot faces west so it gets a lot of direct sun all summer - a very hot, dry environment. ![]() This summer I decided to reclaim it as a rock garden & proceded to pull out all the unwanted stuff and start fresh. Very soon I had a huge garden of very tall flowers which completely overshadowed my earlier rock garden plantings. I ended up tossing a bunch of wildflower seeds all over the hill just to get things going. Our first spring here (2016) I planted three creeping phlox, two hens & chicks and a flat of periwinkle (big mistake). ![]() We have a large, rocky hill area that I am trying to turn in to a rock garden which was my original plan when we first bought this property in July of 2015.
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