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Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by jcl on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @01:36PM (#20337419)
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?

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Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by vitaflo on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @02:14PM (#20337820)
Live in MN and have creeping thyme in our yard (was planted in our perennial garden and creeped). It grows very well here.
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Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by beat on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @02:22PM (#20337900)
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.

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Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by azertykeys on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @11:58PM (#20341489)
Can confirm - TC metro area is great for our thyme. It's certainly crept and spread :)
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