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A GUIDE TO ECO-FRIENDLY LAWNS AND GARDENS IN METRO VANCOUVER Thyme Saver Lawn No mowing required growgreenguide.ca Creating a Thyme Lawn A lawn made from dainty yet tough creeping thyme is an opportunity to bring beauty to your garden while eliminating heavy maintenance and water requirements. Preparation The best time of year to replace your turf lawn Care - After planting, water thoroughly. The thyme will is when you can avoid frost and extreme heat, need a good soaking approximately once or twice a and when you can provide sufficient water while week, for the first two to three weeks. Once the plants plants are establishing. It is essential for successful begin to root out and grow, watering frequency can be establishment of your new thyme lawn that you remove cut back to a good soaking once every 7 to 10 days, all other vegetation and improve the soil, preferably depending on weather conditions. Note that yellowing with compost. Add one cubic yd. of compost per foliage is usually a sign of over watering. Check your 100 sq. ft. of ground, then till the compost and soil municipal sprinkling regulations. to 15cm (6”) depth. 0m Planting - Remove thyme plugs from their tray, cut apart roots if necessary. Space plants from 15 to 30cm (6 to 12”) apart for quick coverage. If mixing different thyme varieties to vary the blooming times and texture of the 0.5m thyme lawn, be sure to plant the different varieties in groupings of 5 of more plants, for best results. Creeping red thyme, Pink Chintz and woolly thyme are good choices for use in a thyme lawn and should be planted in 1m soil that is at least 20cm (8”) deep for best results. Space plants from 15 to 30cm (6 to 12”) apart Properly Maintain your Thyme Lawn During the summer, and once the thyme is well established, watering can be done infrequently. As thyme plants are low growers, they also do not need mowing. In the spring lightly rake the area to remove dead stems and foliage, then top dress with a thin 1.5cm (1/2”) of finely textured compost to help the plants spread out, fill in any bare spots and reinvigorate the whole lawn for the summer. Thyme plants are tolerant of some foot traffic, but paving stones should be used for pathways and high traffic areas. IN COLLABORATION WITH A GUIDE TO ECO-FRIENDLY LAWNS AND GARDENS IN METRO VANCOUVER Thyme Saver Lawn No mowing required growgreenguide.ca Local thyme species to use as lawn alternatives Creeping red thyme ‘Pink Chintz’ thyme Woolly thyme (Thymus praecox) (Thymus serpyllum ‘Pink Chintz’) (Thymus pseudolanuginosus) © Nicholas Turland / flickr / (CC BY-NC-ND2.0) © H. Zell / Wikimedia / (CC BY-SA 3.0) © Patrick Standish / flickr / (CC BY 2.0) IN COLLABORATION WITH.

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