French Thyme Thymus vulgaris

LATIN NAME: Thymus vulgaris

COMMON NAME: French Thyme

The thyme hugs the stones in the low, scented mats, and the small, two-lipped flowers open among the tiny leaves. The low, spreading, evergreen, woody-based perennial herb carries the small, oval, aromatic, grey-green leaves and the small, white or lilac, two-lipped flowers in the small whorls through the early summer, one of the fine, close sights of the dry bank, drawing the bees. The leaves have a very long record as the fine, fragrant herb of the warm tables, and the plant is a fine, historic presence of the herb garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, sharp-draining ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The thyme is a historic subject of the plant science, and the scented mats keep showing up in the work on the aromatic herbs. The chemistry of the small, oval leaves, which carry the fine, fragrant oils of the old gardens, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the aromatic herbs, the bee plants and the members of the mint family. The tiny leaves and the low, spreading habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the thyme is a regular subject of the work on the scented mats of the dry world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The thyme is a fine, historic herb of the dry bank and the herb garden. The low, spreading mats of the small, oval, aromatic, grey-green leaves have a very long record as the fine, fragrant herb of the warm tables, the fresh sprigs rubbed into the roasts, the stews and the oils of the old kitchens, and the small, white or lilac, two-lipped flowers open through the early summer, drawing the bees. The plant stands the heat, the drought, the wind and the poor ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the herb garden, the dry bank and the crevices of the path. It has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the scented mats and the very long history, and it is a fine, historic herb of the open, sunny, sharp-draining garden.

Give the young plants the sharp-draining soil and the open, sunny spot, and the mats will spread in the second season.

To grow the thyme from seed, mix the dust-like seeds with a little fine sand and scatter the mix over the surface of the pot, without covering it, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings come up in their own good time and grow on steadily. With the sun and the sharp-draining ground, the scented mats will spread over the years.

Summer thyme many years!