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Common Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
French Thyme
Aromatic leaves season meats, poultry, stews, sauces, soups and dressings. Handsome low-growing plants. Start early indoors.

 


( Compactus Common Thyme )
Compactus is a compact attractive variety of English Thyme. It has a very uniform growth pattern. Thyme is a fragrant, small perennial that is evergreen and ground-hugging.

Common Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
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Common Thyme is one of the most popular kitchen herbs. Not only is it a decorative and attractive plant, but its leaves add a very distinctive flavour to cooking. You can use them all year, fresh, dried or frozen.

The common thyme, which is used as a seasoning herb and yields a medicinal essential oil containing thymol, is the Old World T. vulgaris, an erect plant with grayish branches. It is cultivated mainly in Spain and in France. A compound derived from T.

The essential oil of common thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is made up of 20-55% thymol. Thymol, an antiseptic, is the main active ingredient in Listerine mouthwash. Before the advent of modern antibiotics, it was used to medicate bandages.

Cat Thyme (Teucrium Marum) - Has some of the habit of the common Thyme, with bright red flowers in summer.

#656 Thymus vulgaris
Common Names: thyme, common thyme, garden thyme, lemon thyme
Family: Lamiaceae/Labiatae (mint Family)
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The whole herb is used, fresh and dried. Though cultivated in gardens for culinary use, Common Thyme is not grown in England on a large scale, most of the dried Thyme on the market having been imported from the Continent, mainly from Germany.

Synonyms and Common names: Common thyme, Garden thyme, Rubbed thyme, French thyme

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