[Alex3917]

What does the climate need to be like for this to work? I've seen it done very nicely in the Adirondacks, but I haven't seen it within NYC.

[EdwardMSmith]

Zone 5 from what I can find. Would not survive in MN.

[jcl]

It's a little surprising that the article itself calls out creeping thyme as one of the bee-friendly candidate plants for MN, then, as does the article it ultimately sources from:

https://www.startribune.com/program-pays-minnesota-homeowner...

Perhaps there is a hardier variety? Or maybe they're expecting people to just plant fresh each spring?

[vitaflo]

Live in MN and have creeping thyme in our yard (was planted in our perennial garden and creeped). It grows very well here.

[beat]

Creeping thyme works fine in the Twin Cities metro, at least. It grows very well in our yard, and it's all over our neighborhood.

We also have a big bunch of yarrow planted in our hellstrip. It grows great in those tough conditions. We don't even water it, and it's always full of bees and other bugs.

[azertykeys]

Can confirm - TC metro area is great for our thyme. It's certainly crept and spread :)