Wild Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) |
Plants are not common in garden centers but are easy to start from seed, which is sold from several sources. (See https://plantinfo.umn.edu/)
Plant Info
Wild thyme is native to Europe and may overwinter in Minnesota easier than culinary thyme. Plants are full of flowers starting in June and July and flower sporadically throughout the summer.Wild Thyme in the Bee Lawn Demonstration Plot, MN Landscape Arboretum. |
The first year it was difficult to see the thyme, but by the second year many flowering thyme plants were growing and continue to grow and flower.
Consider adding wild thyme to the front of your flower garden, along a brick pathway, in between pavers or in any bare spots in your lawn to make your yard more bee friendly.
Information guide by the Arboretum Bee Lawn Demonstration Plots:
Help Pollinators by Planting a Bee-Friendly Lawn
Author: Mary H. Meyer, Extension Horticulturist and Professor