The Plants
Thymus x citriodorus 'Silver Queen'
lemon thyme

£3.99
An evergreen, spreading shrub, it has attractive cream-variegated, or silvery-white oval leaves and delightful pale-pink flowers. Fresh leaves can be picked all year round. This cultivar will look excellent planted as edging where a few of its stems may occasionally be crushed under foot to release its wonderful citrus scent. It's an ideal ground cover plant for a sunny border or rock garden or in paving crevices. Useful for attracting bees and other beneficial pollinating insects into the garden, the aromatic leaves release a lovely scent whenever they are trodden on.
Type
- Perennials
Award of Garden Merit
Foliage: Evergreen
Hardiness: Hardy
Vigour: Fast growing
Uses
- Beds and borders
- Cottage style garden
- Gravel garden
- Mediterranean style garden
Special features
- Attractive to wildlife
- Low maintenance
- Drought tolerant
- Attractive to bees
- Scented foliage
Care instructions
Grow in well-drained alkaline to neutral soil in full sun. After flowering cut back hard using garden shears to retain a neat compact shape. Lift and divide large clumps in early spring.
Dimensions
Size: Small
Pot size: 9cm
Eventual height: 10cm
Eventual spread: 25cm