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Thymus vulgaris

Shrub

HomeShrubThymus vulgaris

Dry slopes, rocks and maquis. Always found on clay or limestone soils.

Family: Lamiaceae
Height: 0.2 m / 1 ft
Sun
Light, Medium Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 3 of 5
Other Uses: 5 of 5

Native Habitat

Common Thyme, Garden thyme, Wild Thyme Thymus vulgaris native habitat is Dry slopes, rocks and maquis. Always found on clay or limestone soils.

Edible Uses

Leaves and flowering tops - raw in salads, used as a garnish or added as a flavouring to cooked foods, going especially well with mushrooms and courgettes. It is an essential ingredient of the herb mix 'bouquet garni'. It retains its flavour well in long slow cooking. The leaves can be used either fresh or dried. If the leaves are to be dried, the plants should be harvested in early and late summer just before the flowers open and the leaves should be dried quickly. A nutritional analysis is available. An aromatic tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves. Pungent and spicy.

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