Hairy Pot Thyme 'Italian Common', 1L
Hairy Pot Thyme 'Italian Common', 1L

Thyme 'Italian Common', 1L

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Features

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Ideal for culinary use in stews and pasta dishes, the evergreen shrub Italian Common Thyme bears very small, aromatic leaves, which when covered in tiny, pale pink flowers, are a magnet for bees.

Insights

As a Mediterranean plant, it thrives in sunny, well-drained (poor) soil and is suitably drought tolerant once established. Use it to edge paths, in rock gardens or in containers.

Details
  • Flowers: May - July
  • Hardy
Planting
  • Moist, well-drained soil
  • South, West or East aspect
  • Full sun
Care
  • Snip woody stems frequently but avoid pruning while it is in flower
  • Harvest in the morning before the sun becomes too intense
  • May struggle in prolonged wet or cold conditions
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