If used as a ground cover, woolly thyme should be pruned or mowed occasionally to keep it low to the ground. The cuttings can be rooted to create new plants, or left on the ground to root as they can. Old growth might get a bit ragged or unruly and can just be snipped away.
Woolly thyme is more easily propagated by division than by seeds.
These estimates for how long Woolly Thyme takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average 64 days | Min 64 days | Max 64 days (1)
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The leaves are fuzzy and soft. The botanical epithet is from the Latin lanuginosus meaning “woolly”
Thymus praecox, Thymus lanuginosus