If you want thyme for the medicinal value, buy regular thyme or Spanish thyme instead. Elfin Thyme Plant - Thymus minus - Worlds Smallest Thyme - Live Plant - 3' Pot ad by HirtsGardens Ad from shop HirtsGardens HirtsGardens From shop HirtsGardens. I have some planted into ground as well as in pots and they look lovely. It grows best in light, dry, well-drained soil and. Elfin Thyme is easy to grow in the right conditions. In summer, pretty, tiny lavender flowers nearly cover the groundhugging mats of foliage that grow to about 1 or 2 inches in height. It covers bald spots on the soil, and between rocks very well. One from our Toe Tickler collection, Elfin is one of the best of the creeping aromatic evergreen thymes. Plant Description: Very low-growing groundcover that forms a dense mat of semi-evergeen foliage. There isn't much that can be done with those leaves.Įlfin thyme is best for decoration. Elfin Thyme Thymus serpyllum Elfin Plant Details: Plant Type: Perennial.
It has many tiny leaves and is very short. The tiny flowers are held very close to the ground. Elfin thyme looks different from other types of thyme I've seen. Elfin Thyme flowers are the typical lilac color of most thymes. The weather is very hot and dry right now, could that be the I'm sure that elfin thyme (thymus elfin) has some type of medicinal value but it's not used for that. It has gray tinted leaves with tiny, pale pink flowers. Only grows to four inches across and slow-growing. It’s a creeping ornamental variety with tiny leaves and petite lilac flowers. Soil: Make sure to keep the Elfin Thyme in soil with well-draining properties, so ideally, one that is made of sand, chalk, and loam.
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Light: Keep your Thymus Serpyllum ‘Elfin’ in an environment where it can receive full sun on a daily basis. It will rarely reach even an inch in height. I really want to add this type to my fairy garden. Water: The Elfin Thyme needs soil that is constantly moist through regular watering. I watered it once a week.Īfter three weeks, the leaves turned brown and the plant literally died. Elfin: This is the slowest grower of all the varieties and also stays the closest to the ground. I planted it right away in my garden where it gets full sun. I bought an elfin thyme from the nursery last month.
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