thyme - orange
orange-scented thyme
- 2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots
- £11.98 £17.97
- available to order from late spring
- 9cm pot
- £5.99
- available to order from late spring
Delivery options
- Standard £5.95
- Position: full sun
- Soil: well-drained neutral to alkaline soil
- Rate of growth: average to fast
- Flowering period: June to July
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Used in both sweet and savoury dishes, this lovely variety is upright and slender with small, grey leaves infused with a strong orange scent and hint of balsam. Light pink-white flowers smother the tips in summer and are highly attractive to bees and other pollinators. Dried sprigs are also perfect to add to pot-pourri.
After flowering cut back hard using garden shears to retain a neat compact shape. Lift and divide large clumps in early spring.