(Thymus)

Narrative Description:

Creeping evergreen with bright green and gold variegated leaves with pink flowers, which are particularly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Ideal Conditions:

Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.

Possible Situation:

Ideal for herb gardens, pots, paths, rockeries and raised beds or borders.Thymesof different foliage and flowering colour should be mixed to produced a variable, colourful mat through the year.

Resilience:

Hardy

Habit:

Spreading

Height x Spread / Trail:

8 x 20 cm

Features:

Attracts Wildlife

Scented

Typical Season:

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Flower Colour:

pink

Foliage Colour:

green

yellow

Flowering Time:

June – August

Planting Recommendations:

Bed/Border

Container

Rockery

Prefers:

Full Sun

Part Sun

Temperature Tolerance:

A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.