Summer Thyme

Light Needs

Full Sun

(At Least 6 Hours Of Direct Sunlight)

Mature Height

12 - 18 Inches

Mature Spread

8 - 20 Inches

This is one of the most flavorful varieties of thyme available. This herb produces aromatic soft gray-green tiny narrow, pointed leaves. The small lavender flowers produced in late summer are attractive to bees and other pollinators. Thyme can be used fresh or dried in recipes.

Use scissors to harvest the thin stems. For the best flavor, harvest before this herb produces flowers. Trim every few weeks to delay the production of flowers until later in the summer. Even though thyme is hardy, wait until after your last frost date to transplant it into your garden. Summer thyme grows best in light, well-drained soil. It makes a great companion plant for tomatoes and brassica family plants such as cabbage and kale.

Summer Thyme Plant Care

Thymus vulgaris will grow to be 6 to 12 inches tall and prefers to grow in full sun locations. Space individual plants 12 to 16 inches apart. Summer Thyme is very hardy and can be grown in USDA plant hardiness zones 4 to 8 as a perennial herb.

Growing Summer Thyme Plants

Summer Thyme is a good choice for herb and vegetable gardens. It can also be used to add texture to perennial and rock gardens and in the filler role in container gardens. Use a container that is at least 6 inches in diameter.

Watering Summer Thyme Plants

Once the herb becomes established, allow the soil to become slightly dry between watering periods.

Feeding Summer Thyme Plants

Amend the soil with compost before planting thyme in your garden or container. This herb has low nutritional requirements so additional fertilization is rarely necessary. Container grown thyme may need an annual dose of fertilizer at half the recommended application rate listed on the package.

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