Usually available: All year

Life cycle: Perennial
Height: 20 - 30cm
Position: Full sun
Soil preference: Well drained

This is how we pack and send your Herb Plants to all states except TAS & WA

You will receive
- 1 Pizza Thyme Herb Plant in a 50 X 75mm tube - General growing instructions

All of our Herb Plants are grown organically with certified organic potting mixes and fertilizers

Botanical Name: Thymus nummularis

Pizza thyme sometimes known as Italian thyme is a perennial plant with deep green oval shaped leaves and pink flowers in spring /summer. It reaches a height of around 20cm and has a strong flavour and scent of thyme and oregano.

The leaves can be used in any recipe calling for thyme, its strong flavour making it suitable for pizza and pasta. Use in stuffing, soups and sprinkle over baked vegetables. Nice stirred through cooked mushrooms and omelettes or sprinkled on sardines.

In the garden thyme grows well as a companion to cabbage, onions, roses and salad burnet.

Growing Conditions

Pizza thyme prefers well drained soil in an open sunny position. Suitable for a neutral to slightly alkaline soil and will grow happily in a rock garden. Thyme does not like wet feet and will grow well in a container on a sunny windowsill or veranda. Trim the plant back by about a third after flowering.

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