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Common Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
Common Thyme is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 5-9, that matures to about 0.5-1 ft × 0.5-1 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect pink, purple and white blooms in spring and summer. It attracts bees, butterflies and pollinators, stands up well to deer, drought and pests, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 0.5-1 ft × 0.5-1 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- Pink, Purple, White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Pollinators
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Pests, Pollution, Poor soil, Rabbits
- Native to
- Southern Europe
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