Creeping thyme lawn

My small front lawn looks fine in the spring with miniature daffodils, grape hyacinths, crocus etc and violets have spread over most of it but the rest of the year it looks awful with hardly any grass but a lot of weeds. I can’t dig too much out for fear of disturbing bulbs but I do like the sound of some of these alternative lawns. What would be best for ground cover that would still allow the spring flowers and violets to grow or am I expecting too much?

Buck House has a chamomile lawn; the King is said to have a thyme lawn, with dozens of different types, at Highgrove…

annsixty

Imagine the wonderful scent when you walked on it!
Who else remembers the tv adaptation of The Camomile Lawn way back in time.
That could be another idea.

My friend had a Camomile lawn, it was stunning.

My creeping thyme (not in a lawn) smells wonderful but gets woody and straggly and has to be cut back from time to time (haha). I prefer your solution Bluebelle.

Thanks GSM it lasts bright yellow for ages but obviously doesnt smell like a thyme lawn would

I have planted some creeping thyme around the Bodach’s gravestone, as the grass doesn’t go near it. I haven’t checked on it for a couple of weeks, so hoping the hot spell didn’t do for them. The seeds were microscopic, so may only cover one corner at first!

Imagine the wonderful scent when you walked on it!
Who else remembers the tv adaptation of The Camomile Lawn way back in time.
That could be another idea.

That’s lovely Bluebelle. Really beautiful.

www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyle/8-plants-that-are-not-grass-to-use-for-low-maintenance-lawns/

And another ...

www.finegardening.com/article/low-maintenance-alternatives-to-lawns

I found this article - they too mention creeping Jenny.

I have a creeping Jenny “lawn” quite by accident as it wasn’t a lawn just a piece of unused ground hence the reason I ve put lawn in inverted commas it just arrived I didn’t plant it and it has spreeeeaaaad

I love the plant. I have an area where I can’t plant anything because of the Jasmin roots. But creeping thyme seems to have come from nowhere and solved the problem

It is a good idea and practically after it is created maintenance free. I have a patch of rough ground under bushes it needs digging over. I am considering getting some creeping thyme as ground cover.

I’m interested in this too Luckygirl.