Lemon Thyme (Thymus x citriodorus)

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

Bloom Color: Lavender. Main Bloom Time: Mid summer. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring to cooked foods. — Leaves - raw in salads or added as a flavouring to cooked foods.; A delicious lemon flavour.; If the leaves are to be dried, the plants should be harvested in early and late summer just before the flowers open and the leaves should be dried quickly.; An aromatic tea is made from the leaves.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in the wild. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)