Garden Thyme
Price: $2.75
SKU: 4000351'Garden Thyme' grows to about eighteen inches in height and diameter and can also be successfully grown indoors in a pot. If your kitchen has a sunny window, it is a perfect place to grow thyme, and other cooking herbs, for convenient access for use fresh during cooking. Used as a seasoning, it is said to help in the digestion of fatty foods.
'Garden Thyme' is a perennial and survives in USDA zones 4 to 9.
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The reported preferred temperature for vaporizing and aromatherapy is 374°F (190°C). Planting Depth: 2 times seed diameter
Spacing after Thinning: 6 inches
Sow seed indoors or directly in the garden in early spring. It is a long lived, woody perennial and requires little attention once established. The plant loves full sun.
Plants reach eighteen inches. Can also be grown in a pot indoors and kept handy for using fresh in cooking.
Used as a seasoning, it is said to help in the digestion of fatty foods.
Historically, it was used medicinally for its antiseptic properties as a gargle, and in a tea as a cough remedy and digestive aid.
- "A Modern Herbal," Mrs. M. Grieve, 1931, p. 808-813.
