🌿 Grow your own thyme and bring real depth of flavour to your kitchen — straight from the garden to the pot. Seattle Seed Company's open-pollinated Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a hardy, fragrant herb that earns its place in any home garden. Whether you're a seasoned grower or just starting out, it makes a thoughtful, practical gift for the food lover or gardening enthusiast in your life.
🌱 Features
- 🍃 Highly Aromatic Foliage: Small leaves start bright green when young and deepen to a rich blue-green at maturity — beautiful and fragrant.
- 📅 Days to Harvest: 60–90 days from sowing to first harvest.
- 🌡️ Germination Temperature: Optimal soil temperature 55–60°F; seeds emerge within 14–28 days.
- 🌍 Open-Pollinated Variety: True-to-type seeds you can save season after season.
- 🐝 Pollinator-Friendly: Short lavender flower spikes are especially attractive to bees and other pollinators.
- 🪴 Hardy Perennial: Perennial to Zone 4, or grown as an annual in cooler climates.
- 🏡 Low-Maintenance Grower: Thrives in well-drained, light, dry, alkaline soil — great for raised beds, borders, or containers.
✨ Benefits
- 🍲 Elevate Everyday Cooking: Adds genuine depth to soups, gravies, casseroles, and salad dressings — far better than anything dried from a jar.
- 🌿 Herbal Wellness: Traditionally used to calm the nerves, soothe headaches, and ease sore throats.
- 🐝 Support Local Pollinators: Its lavender blooms attract bees, making it a gentle contribution to your local ecosystem.
- 🎁 A Gift Worth Growing: A lovely gift for home cooks, gardeners, or anyone curious about growing their own herbs — compact, useful, and sustainable.
- ♻️ Sustainable Growing: Open-pollinated and locally sourced through Seattle Seed Company, supporting Pacific Northwest agriculture.
🌾 How to Grow
- Direct sow seeds as soon as the soil is workable in spring.
- Aim for soil temperatures between 55–60°F for best germination results.
- Expect seedlings to emerge within 14–28 days.
- Plant seedlings in clumps for the best growth habit.
- Choose a well-drained, light, dry, and slightly alkaline spot — thyme doesn't like wet feet.
- Note: thyme has a fine root system, so once planted, it prefers to stay put rather than be transplanted.
📋 Product Specifications
- Botanical Name: Thymus vulgaris
- Type: Hardy perennial (Zone 4+) or annual
- Days to Harvest: 60–90 days
- Germination: 14–28 days at 55–60°F
- Pollination: Open-pollinated
- Soil Preference: Well-drained, light, dry, alkaline
- Sowing Method: Direct sow
- Vendor: Seattle Seed Company
- Collections: Shop Local, Washington, Best Sellers, Under $20
🛒 Add Thyme seeds to your cart today and start growing a herb that works as hard in the kitchen as it does in the garden.