White Mother of Thyme

Exceptionally low-growing, this adaptable and waterwise groundcover makes a perfect bed-edger, rock garden plant, inferno strip addition, and filler between flagstones where a low profile and weed suppression are crucial. Late spring through summer, White Mother-of-Thyme smothers itself in clusters of small white flowers — like a dusting of snow — that attract a variety of pollinators and are especially appealing to bees. Also notable, this hardy groundcover will continue to flower lightly through most of summer with occasional irrigation. White Mother-of-Thyme is low-maintenance, requiring little in the way of fertilizer and only occasional irrigation once established, and the plant excels in soils with low fertility. Best in well-drained soils and great for gardens short on space thanks to its dense growth and smaller size.