Season: Perennial
Height: 12-18 Inches
Bloom Season: Summer
Environment: Full Sun/Moist, but Well Drained 
Zones: 4-9

Thyme Thymus Vulgaris is a semi-woody sub shrub with aromatic, linear to oval, slightly tomentose ( fuzzy ), gray-green leaves that are about a half inch long. Like most mints, the stem is square in cross section and the leaves are arranged in pairs opposite each other. Thyme grows in a bushy, many-branched, spreading mound 6-12 inches high and up to twice as wide. In summer, thyme produces tiny lilac to purple flowers arranged in dense, compact heads.

Thyme Thymus Vulgaris is essential in French cooking, as well as in almost any American dish, including casseroles, most vegetables, soups, stuffing, and sauces. The aromatic, warming flavor holds up well during long cooking times.

The plant attracts bees and butterflies.

PLANTING

Sow Inside: Before last frost
Sow Outside: Spring after last frost/Fall
Seed Depth: 1/16 Inch
Days to Emerge: 10 to 20