Common Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

Family: Lamiaceae or Labiatae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Lavender. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring to cooked foods, going especially well with mushrooms and courgettes. — Leaves and flowering tops - raw in salads, used as a garnish or added as a flavouring to cooked foods, going especially well with mushrooms and courgettes.; It is an essential ingredient of the herb mix 'bouquet garni'.; It retains its flavour well in long slow cooking.; The leaves can be used either fresh or dried.

Habitat & North American Range

Dry slopes, rocks and maquis. Always found on clay or limestone soils. (Zone 5)