Thyme Common English (Thymus vulgaris) | 5 Large Plug Plants

As the name suggests, commonly in the garden and used for cooking. Dark green upright, bushy foliage with pink flowers. Excellent when used sparingly with poultry, meat and game and in soups. Ideal for herb gardens, pots, paths, rockeries and raised beds or borders in full sun or partial shade. Height & Spread 30 x 35 cm

Or buy as part of our Herb Collection A. 

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Brand:  Brookside Nursery
Supplied as:  5 Large Plug Plants
Habit:  Upright
Eventual Height:  Up to 30cm (12")
Eventual Spread:  Up to 35cm (14")
Position:  Full Sun or Partial Shade
Primary Flower Colour:  Pink
Suitable for Patio Containers?  Yes
Scented?  Scented
Plant Type:  Perennial
Flowering Period:  June-August
Botanical name:  Thymus vulgaris

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Size guide - Pack of 5 Herb Plug Plants 

Our herb plugs are securely rooted, healthy plugs that would benefit from being grown on in 9/10cm pots for a few weeks before planting out in herb gardens, containers or hanging baskets. Tender varieties will need protecting from frost. Compost volume around 2.5 – 3cm deep x 3.2cm square. Foliage height 1.5cm – 5cm (depending on variety). Full growing instructions are provided.

Evergreen herbs are the backbone of any herb garden.  The plants are tough, with scented leaves, giving intense flavours in cookery. Their shrubby woody growth, can withstand the coldest winter weather, although they do not like to be waterlogged.

These herbs are not fussy where they are put around the garden and will survive in almost any given spot.   I have Sage, Rosemary and Thyme thriving in a north facing situation where they only get a bit of sun.

• Although your plug plants will benefit from potting on in the early stages to encourage strong root growth, they can be put into a cold frame or cool greenhouse straightaway and don’t need too much ‘mollycoddling’.
• Ensure that the plants are watered and fed during the first seasons growth.  In subsequent years all you will need to do is keep the plants in shape by pruning and then they will reward you with years’ worth of flavoursome leaves.