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Posted: Sep/29/2005 8:19 PM PST
I am glad you found the 'thyme' to find this thread again and post an update. 
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Posted: Sep/29/2005 8:20 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by pennyandrusty I am glad you found the 'thyme' to find this thread again and post an update. OUCH!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Oct/05/2005 1:18 AM PST
A tiny variety of oregeno works great. I had some volunteers grow up between my pavers and they look (and smell) quite nice. Very resiliant, too. julie |
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Posted: Nov/20/2005 6:18 AM PST
I got 2 little pots of wooly thyme at the nursery this fall, and I've planted it on the other side of the wheelbarrow planter from the creeping thyme, it should be interesting how the 2 varieties look next year!!!! |
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Posted: May/23/2007 9:57 PM PST
Sorry to butt into this conversation here but I am wondering if I read this correctly.. I am going to be doing a flagstone area so I am very interested in what you did. You layed down weed barrier fabric? yes? then paver base(which I imagine is a crushed stone of some type)? then you layed your stone? and then you added topsoil and plants? My question is how can the plants survive with such a minimal amount of top soil? Where do the roots go? I really want to do this EXACT thing you are talking about. I am not sure what type of plants I could put into the spaces that would fill in the area. We are 6b. I love phlox but have never had any luck growing it. I plant it every year and every year , it sort of gets gangly looking, and either dries out or looks like I drowned it. It just never seems to do much of anything. Thanks for allowing my input, Cheryl |
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Posted: Jun/24/2007 6:49 AM PST
I have had a three year struggle trying to get thyme growing between the stones of my patio - I have a thick growth of grasses and clover that I am slowly eradicating...for the past 2 years I have taken thyme growing wild at my church and transplanted it around my pavers. I have an approx 20'x30' area, so it is slow going. I'll chop out about 30 sections of thyme and it just doesn't seem to cover enough space. Anyway, last years' transplants have done VERY well (mild winter?) so I now have about 1/3-1/2 of my patio done. Here is the exciting news though - this year, I'm getting tired of digging up thyme etc. My husband hates it when the thyme grows over the stones, so he takes scissors to it and trims it back. I was out there weeding last week and took the snippings and laid them in soil with the leaves up and we've kept it watered well and my goodness, if the leaves don't look as good now as before we cut them! I have to assume they are sending out roots and 'taking'. How easy is that! And I don't even have to disturb the thyme that's growing. As for the base - we placed large gravel down, then topped it with crushed gravel before we laid the stones. Though the weeds take to the gravel very well, I have been removing some of the gravel and putting soil down when I transplant. But thyme is pretty darn hardy, it has very shallow roots, so it's not as if you need a deep bed of soil. And the stuff will grow in sand, at least 'wild' type, so you don't need fancy dancy soil either. |
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Posted: Jun/30/2007 12:52 PM PST
Glad I saw your post! I was wondering if it was possible to divide or transplant creeping thyme. Mine needs to be trimmed anyway so I think I will try planting the trimmings like you did. I also want to divide some of my larger creepers...can you tell me exactly what you do to divide them? |
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Posted: Jul/01/2007 4:01 PM PST
I can't say it is a very organized methodical way to transplant, but I'll find a stringer wandering over a stone and follow it back to a root - if it seems that by pulling that root i won't thin out the area too much,, I'll pull it and transplant the root, often burying some stem to help it root along. As for the trimming, my husband just used scissors to trim back anything growing over the stones - I just took the stems and buried them in moist soil (actually rock dust mixed with soil) making sure that some leaves poked through to get sunlight. It has now been pushing 3 weeks and they are all doing well, thanks to my hubby's frequent watering, I am sure. Hope this helps. I am also hoping that all the flowers I have right now will seed and help me along!! |
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