Thyme as a plant to walk on

[Crazy Chickie]

My Mum grows Thyme in the gaps between the stones of her path. Looks lovely and smells great. It must be the same low growing type as you guys have, though it doesn't seem to be as rampant as yours Alice.

[Alison]

Think there's loads of different varieties but that they fall into two main categories ie the creeping ones or the taller bushy ones (yeah I know there's probably a proper name for them but you know what I mean!). I have a creeping one in my path but also grow a bushy one for culinary use - really should keep a better record of which type though!

[madderbat]

Snadger, the common thyme is quite a tall, woody plant that will suffer damage. look out for the creeping thymes- Lorna Doone is a good one, but a bit woody, while creeping thyme, silver and lemon thyme are low and seem to go on on on. Unfortunately have lost the labels I carefully stuck in with mine, so not exactly sure what I've got now!

[madderbat]

piccies (I hope)

Here are some pictures I managed to take between downpours of our back garden. I make no apologies for the weeds or untidiness, as I'm not going out in this!
The thyme has grown up towards the re-instated fence now, but is still going well in places.

[Snadger]

Here are some pictures I managed to take between downpours of our back garden. I make no apologies for the weeds or untidiness, as I'm not going out in this!
The thyme has grown up towards the re-instated fence now, but is still going well in places.

Deffo different to the Thyme I grow!! Mines 15" tall, straggly and woody! Smells nice tho!

[madderbat]

This smells nice too Snadger, but is the creeping variety, so stays low. I've got the common thyme in the lottie and it does tend to straggly and break bits off, and rot and die.
Go for the little ones. sometimes less is more!