How to grow Woolly Thyme

Thymus pseudolanuginosus

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.

Growing Woolly Thyme from seed

Woolly thyme is more easily propagated by division than by seeds.

How long does Woolly Thyme take to grow?

These estimates for how long Woolly Thyme takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.

Days to Germination How long does it take Woolly Thyme to germinate?
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Woolly Thyme Etymology

The leaves are fuzzy and soft. The botanical epithet is from the Latin lanuginosus meaning “woolly”

Other names for Woolly Thyme

Thymus praecox, Thymus lanuginosus

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