![]() Thyme will wend its way around existing plants in the garden without choking them out, making it a nice choice for filler in a garden that has a few bare areas. The stems are closely packed and short, standing almost straight up. Thyme is a very pretty flowering plant, however, so we recommend that you also plant a stand of spreading, magnificently flowering Mother of Thyme in the garden to satisfy the bees as well as your own desire for blooms.Įxpect this thyme to reach 12 to 18 inches high and about 24 inches wide. (The leaves begin to lose their flavor as the stems grow woodier with age.) If allowed to go to flower, it is a marvelous bee attractant, but if you want to use the foliage in cooking, pinch off the buds as soon as you see them, because the flavor deteriorates when the plant blooms. This plant is a woody perennial (technically a shrub), which will bring you four to five good years of foliage before it should be replaced. Where would Thanksgiving stuffing be without it? (Not to mention Simon and Garfunkel's hit song "Scarborough Fair".) English thyme is the variety most commonly used in cuisine, as the small, gray-green leaves are packed with flavor and easy to harvest by letting the stems dry (after cutting from the plant) for a few days, then simply stripping the leaves. Thyme is essential in French cooking and has become a mainstay of American cuisine as well. It even makes a fine decorative (and fragrant) edging for any sunny spot. Compact, it fits on the kitchen windowsill without constant pinching. Low-growing and dense, it fills in empty spots in the border nicely. A pest repellent, it's a natural way to keep the veggies and flowering plants looking good. ![]() English thyme is a mainstay of any self-respecting herb garden, of course, but it's also a useful plant elsewhere in the garden. These disks are a great gift or a perfect child's gardening project.Welcome one of the easiest, longest-lived, and most rewarding herbs of all into your garden. For windowsill, patio and even herb garden planting, lay the disk on the surface of the moistened planting medium and cover lightly. Each 10 cm disk is sized just right to conveniently plant in a 4 inch pot. Distilling: Harvest when blooms are just beginning to appear at this point the leaves contain the highest level of essential oils What is a seed disk? We’ve selected a collection of our favorite herb varieties and put them into handy, easy to plant, biodegradable disks.Drying: Harvest at peak maturity, hang small bunches from ceiling in a dry, warm (80-90☏), dark location with good ventilation for 1-2 weeks.Transplant tender herbs after last frost when weather has stabilized Harvest & Storage.Hardy herbs can be transplanted after the last frost.Small seedlings such as thyme, savory and sweet marjoram may be successfully transplanted in small clumps.Fertilize with Age Old Grow every 10-14 days for optimum growth.Small seeds (thyme, savory, marjoram, oregano) can be gently pressed onto surface of the soil-don't cover or bury seed.Start seeds 6-8 weeks before anticipated transplant date.For leafy herbs snip off flower buds as they appear Transplanting. ![]()
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