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How to plant and care for Thyme (Common)
Thymus vulgaris
🌿 Herb
🔁 Perennial
A small, aromatic evergreen for stews, roasts and marinades. Thrives in poor, gravelly soil, pots and between paving.
Growing Thyme (Common): what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water until established; drought-tolerant after
- Soil
- Poor to moderate, very well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 25 cm
- Height
- 20 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- Little or no feeding
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 5–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as in its pot, 25 cm apart, in a sunny, sheltered spot. Firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In
Water well, then keep just moist while it settles in.
- 30–51 days after “Water In”
First Light Harvest
Once it is growing strongly, snip a few sprigs — never more than a third of the plant at once.
Every year
- AprilSpring Tidy
Snip off any dead tips; avoid cutting into old wood.
- JulyTrim After Flowering
Shear lightly after flowering to keep plants compact and leafy.
- NovemberKeep Dry in Winter
Raise pots on feet and keep plants out of waterlogged soil over winter.
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