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Thymus Sparkling Bright - Thym panaché en mini-motte
Thymus Sparkling Bright - Thym panaché en mini-motte
Arrived in good condition, it is truly superb, used as a border plant alongside other thymes.
Myriam, 26/08/2022
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Thymus Sparkling Bright is a new variety of thyme that stands out for its particularly bright variegated foliage and its miniature bushy and silvery appearance. In the garden or in pots, it forms a small dense tuft, pleasantly fragrant when crushed, which will keep its tiny green-grey leaves edged with white throughout the year. In spring or summer depending on the climate, its vegetation is covered with tiny pale pink flowers that are both honey-bearing and nectar-bearing. This thyme is both a preferred plant for arid areas of the garden, which are difficult to vegetate, and a lovely novelty for the herb garden.
All Thymes belong to the Lamiaceae family, they are related to savory, rosemary, and oregano. The 'Sparkling Bright' cultivar was recently selected in England for its strongly variegated white foliage, which is particularly light, but does not burn in the sun. This thyme develops slowly into a small rounded bush, with an upright and bushy habit. It will reach an average size of 15-20 cm (6-8in) in all directions. Its branches bear tiny evergreen oval leaves, leathery, which release a delicate camphor and lemon fragrance when crushed. They are widely edged with cream-white on a green-grey background. In June-July, sometimes as early as the end of May in warm regions, pretty inflorescences composed of tiny lilac-pink flowers appear at the top of the stems. This flowering, like that of all plants in the Lamiaceae family, attracts many pollinating insects. Resistant to summer drought, this Sparkling Bright thyme is also a plant that tolerates cold very well when planted in soil that does not retain water.
Thymus Sparkling Silver is above all a beautiful sun-loving and poor soil plant, valuable for very dry gardens in summer, and appreciated as a culinary plant in the vegetable garden. It finds its place in rock gardens, gravel beds, or even along pathways. It can be associated with other Thymus, marjoram (Origanum majorana), oreganos, lavender, savory, rosemary, teucrium, cistus and other santolines to evoke the scrubland in an arid area of the garden. One of the charms of this type of landscaping lies in the scents that these plants emit after a hot day: they blend together in a complex fragrance to be savoured with closed eyes: intense, captivating, it constitutes the quintessence of the Mediterranean countryside.
Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant them as soon as possible, in pots, containers, or directly in beds.
Thymus Sparkling Bright - Thyme in pictures
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Thymus Sparkling Silver is an undemanding plant, well adapted to hot and dry regions, but resistant to cold to -12/-15°C (10.4/5°F) in very well-drained soil. It requires full sun and a very well-drained soil, preferably poor, even limestone and rocky soil. It is undemanding but fears heavy frosts that can harm its hardiness: Plant it preferably in early autumn in favourable climates, but after the last frosts. Like many herb plants it does not tolerate frequent watering in summer: the combination of heat and humidity in the soil can be fatal to it. Water this plant only as much as necessary for its establishment, favouring generous but spaced waterings (every 8 to 15 days). Do not provide it with compost or fertiliser, simply lighten the soil of your garden with a large amount of gravel and plant it in a raised bed or in a dry rock garden.
Regularly pruning them (on young wood), and after flowering, allows them to age better and remain compact.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.