Thyme

Thymus Doone Valley

• Position: full sun
• Soil: well-drained neutral to alkaline soil
• Rate of growth: average to fast
• Flowering period: June to July
• Flower colour: lavender-pink
• Other features: the aromatic leaves are a useful ingredient in bouquet garni, stuffings and sauces; highly attractive to bees and other beneficial pollinating insects
• Hardiness: fully hardy

  
  Lavender-pink summer flowers, opening from crimson-red buds, and fragrant dark olive-green leaves with yellow spots. This creeping thyme looks fabulous cascading over a sunny rock garden outcrop. An easy-to-grow and attractive plant, it thrives in well-drained neutral to alkaline soil.
  

• Garden care: After flowering cut back hard using garden shears to retain a neat compact shape. Lift and divide large clumps in early spring.
  
  
• Goes well with: Salvia officinalis 'Icterina', Melissa officinalis, Thymus serphyllum, Petroselium crispum, Ocimum sativum, Mentha spicata