Make Room for Thyme in Your Herb Garden
March 21st, 2010 by Geoff Marks
Call me silly, but if you do not have thyme growing in your garden you cannot call it an herb garden. It is one of the most essential and helpful herbs around. It does not hurt that thyme has more than 100 varieties, each of which has its own special taste and smell.
It doesn’t matter which variety of thyme you grow, they all have a woody, twig like stem and small oval-shaped leaves. Thyme will have small purple, pink or pale white blooms that appear in early summer or late spring depending on the growing season.
It is helpful to be knowledgeable about the following three varieties of thyme:
- Common Thyme: When you purchase thyme at the grocery, this is the variety that you’ll generally be getting. It is a taller type that also has a bold taste and smell, which makes it great for your dishes. Among the
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