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Broad leaf thyme plant
Broad leaf thyme plant






Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season.

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It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. This is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial herb with a spreading, ground-hugging habit of growth. Its attractive fragrant round leaves remain green in color throughout the year. The leaves are most often used in the following ways:īroadleaf Thyme is smothered in stunning spikes of lilac purple flowers with white overtones rising above the foliage from early to mid summer, which emerge from distinctive burgundy flower buds. The leaves have a savory taste and a pleasant fragrance. The fragrant round green leaves can be harvested at any time in the season. Other Names: Lemon Thyme, Greater Wild ThymeĪ highly desirable and popular groundcover, forming a dense low mat with spikes of lilac-white flowers throughout summer, attractive and fragrant foliage that is larger and more broadleaf needs a dry and sunny location, can take light foot trafficīroadleaf Thyme is a perennial herb that is typically grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well.






Broad leaf thyme plant