Common Thyme is a well-known garden herb. It forms a sprawling, woody sub-shrub of wiry stems, rarely growing more than 20cm in height. Best grown in a full sun location there are many different forms of this excellent kitchen herb. Will be short-lived in humid conditions but is easily propagated from stem cuttings. It prefers alkaline soil and where drainage is poor it will grow in pots or hanging baskets.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- High
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Grass and Groundcover
- Root size
- Less than 2.5m (safe)
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Regions
- Yarra Valley Water plants, Edible plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring
- Gardens
- Mediterranean