Pink common thyme

This variety is excellent for its frost resistance – it falls into hardiness zone 6a, which means it reliably withstands temperatures down to -23 °C. It doesn't mind the frost itself and can handle a normal winter without covering. However, its biggest winter enemy is waterlogging. If planted in heavier soil, consider providing protection against winter rain or adding a larger amount of gravel under the roots at the time of planting.

To create a beautiful, continuous, and integrated display, we recommend maintaining a spacing of 25 centimeters when planting. If you are planning a larger area planting, count on a density of roughly 16 seedlings per square meter.

Thyme responds very well to regular pruning. To prevent this subshrub from becoming woody and bare at the base, it is ideal to trim it back by about a third in early spring, as soon as it begins to sprout. You can perform another light maintenance pruning just after flowering during the summer. However, take care never to prune down into the old, hard wood, as the plant will struggle to sprout back from there, and regrowth will be very slow.

Thyme is a typical Mediterranean herb, so it is very drought-resistant and requires minimal watering. Water the seedling moderately after planting until it takes root, but a mature plant can easily handle normal rainfall. Be very careful with waterlogging – constant moisture, especially in winter, is detrimental to it and can cause the roots to rot.

Absolutely! Pink common thyme is perfect for growing in containers. It is more than enough to provide a sufficiently large pot with a functional drainage hole, place a layer of expanded clay or coarse gravel at the bottom, and use the most permeable substrate possible. A standard herb potting mix blended with clean sand is ideal, for example.

Thyme is a plant that is very undemanding in terms of nutrients, as it naturally grows in stony and very poor soils. Regular fertilization is therefore definitely not necessary; in fact, it could do more harm than good. Over-fertilizing would cause the plant to produce unnecessarily leggy and weak shoots, which would lose their typical intense aroma and be much less hardy during winter.

Thyme loves sun and heat, so choose a fully sunny location for it in your garden or on your balcony. Ideal soil is poor, sandy, or gravelly, which is very well-draining. It looks great in herb spirals, herb gardens, rock gardens, or along the edges of sunny flower beds.

Although it may look like it has dried out or been damaged by a hard frost at first glance, it is unfortunately usually root rot caused by excessive winter moisture. Thyme strictly dislikes 'wet feet.' If its roots sit in standing water or heavy, non-draining soil for too long during the winter, the entire plant can die off very quickly. To prevent this, always choose the most permeable soil possible.

This variety of thyme will delight you with small but striking flowers in a beautiful pink color. It blooms right at the beginning of summer, usually from June to July. A blooming thyme plant is a huge magnet for a wide variety of pollinators. During the summer months, the plant literally becomes covered in flowers full of sweet nectar, which will reliably attract bees, adorable bumblebees, and colorful butterflies to your garden.

You can be completely worry-free when growing this. Thyme is neither poisonous nor toxic to small children, curious dogs, cats, or your other pets. Quite the contrary, it is an excellent, very healthy medicinal and culinary herb that is completely safe and has been widely used since time immemorial to season the best home-cooked meals.

You will receive a beautifully rooted and well-grown seedling from us, so you won't have to worry about a thing. Once transplanted into a flowerbed or container, the plant will quickly establish itself and begin to form a compact semi-shrub. At maturity, this cultivar reaches a height of 20 to 30 centimeters.

For fresh use, you can harvest continuously throughout the year by carefully pinching off sprigs. However, if you want to dry thyme for later use, the best time to harvest is just before it blooms, roughly at the turn of May and June, ideally during a dry, sunny afternoon. At that time, the leaves contain the maximum concentration of aromatic essential oils and will be the most fragrant after drying.

We have great news for you! Thanks to its aromatic resins and essential oils, thyme is so intensely fragrant that it naturally repels most common pests. It does not suffer from any specific diseases either, so it is classified as a plant free of diseases and pests. Even a complete beginner can handle growing it with total ease.

The simplest and fastest way to propagate at home is by using softwood cuttings. You simply need to take them from the plant in early spring or possibly early summer, carefully stick them into moist, coarse sand, and let them root in a shaded area. For older, well-established bushes, you can also try carefully dividing the entire clumps during spring transplanting.