Thyme Seeds & Rock Cress Seeds – Creeping and Yellow

Enhance your garden with the beautiful blend of Creeping Thyme and Yellow Rock Cress, a perfect ground cover duo that brings vibrant color and fragrance to your landscape. These hardy, low-growing plants spread gracefully, creating a lush carpet of blooms ideal for rock gardens, borders, and pathways. Both species are drought-tolerant and attract beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies, adding both beauty and ecological value to your outdoor space.

Features:

• Dual Variety Mix: Includes Creeping Thyme and Yellow Rock Cress for a colorful, low-maintenance ground cover.

• Vibrant Colors: Produces bright yellow and soft purple-pink blossoms that provide stunning contrast in gardens.

• Fragrant Foliage: Creeping Thyme offers a pleasant aroma when stepped on or brushed against.

• Pollinator Friendly: Attracts bees and butterflies, supporting a healthy garden ecosystem.

• Easy to Grow: Adapts well to poor soil, drought conditions, and full sunlight.

• Versatile Use: Ideal for rock gardens, garden borders, pathways, and as a living mulch.

Specifications:

• Scientific Names: Thymus serpyllum (Creeping Thyme), Aurinia saxatilis (Yellow Rock Cress)

• Common Names: Creeping Thyme, Yellow Alyssum, Rock Cress

• Plant Type: Perennial ground cover

• Growth Height: 4–8 inches

• Light Requirements: Full sun

• Soil Type: Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil

• Watering: Moderate; drought-tolerant once established

• Germination Time: 14–28 days

• Planting Depth: Surface sow; do not cover seeds deeply

• Spacing: 6–10 inches apart

• Blooming Season:

  • Creeping Thyme: Late spring to early summer (April–June)

  • Yellow Rock Cress: Early to mid-spring (March–May)

• USDA Hardiness Zones: Zones 4–9

• Planting Season:

  • Spring Planting: March–May

  • Fall Planting: September–October (in warmer regions)

• Mature Spread: Up to 18 inches wide per plant

• Maintenance Level: Low