Thyme

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width:	⇔	10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers, fragrance, edible
USDA Zones:		7 to 10
Flower features:	❀	blue, purple, white

Scientific Names

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Thyme most commonly refers to Thymus vulgaris, especially in reference to the seasoning, but it can also refer to any other species in the thymus genus^wp.

Thymus vulgaris or Common Thyme is a low growing herbaceous plant, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. It is native to southern Europe. It is much cultivated as a culinary herb.

It typically grows as a sub-shrub, between 15 and 20 cm tall.

Read about Thyme in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Thymus vulgaris, Linn. Common Thyme. Subshrub, erect, 6 in. high: sts. sometimes decumbent at base: branches stiff and woody, usually white-pubescent: lvs. sessile, 3-6 lines long, linear- or ovate-lanceolate, fascicled at the axils; floral lvs. lanceolate, obtuse: floral whorls lax interrupted spikes: fls. small, lilac or purplish, calyx-teeth of upper lip lanceolate, of lower subulate. S. Eu. —An old garden plant, being grown as a sweet-herb. The lvs. and shoots are used for seasoning. It is well to renew the plants from seeds every 2 or 3 years. There are varieties with broad and narrow lvs. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Varieties

The many cultivars include 'Argenteus' (Silver thyme).

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See also

• Thymus herba-barona (Caraway Thyme)
• Thymus × citriodorus (Citrus Thyme; hybrid T. pulegioides × T. vulgaris) is also a popular culinary herb, with cultivars selected with aromas of various citrus fruit (lemon thyme, etc.)
• Thymus pseudolanuginosus (Woolly Thyme) not culinary
• Thymus serpyllum (Wild Thyme)

References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

External links

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