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Thymus Sparkling Bright - Thyme

Thymus Sparkling Bright
Thyme

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Arrived in good condition, it is truly superb, used as a border plant alongside other thymes.

Myriam, 26/08/2022

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This thyme offers very bright foliage all year round and a pretty pink flowering that is intensely visited by bees. It is a compact shrub, 15 cm (6in) tall, with tiny leaves edged in white-cream on a grey-green background. Like common thyme, it is an aromatic plant that thrives in full sun in well-drained, even arid, limestone soils. It can be grown in pots or in the ground, where it can be used to create charming decorative borders even in winter. Hardy to  -12/-15°C (10.4/5°F) in healthy soil.
Flower size
1 cm
Height at maturity
15 cm
Spread at maturity
15 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -23°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil
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Best planting time March, September
Recommended planting time February to April, September to October
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Flowering time June to July
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Description

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.

 

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Thymus Sparkling Bright - Thyme (Foliage) Foliage
Thymus Sparkling Bright - Thyme (Plant habit) Plant habit

Flowering

Flower colour pink
Flowering time June to July
Inflorescence Cyme
Flower size 1 cm
Fragrance slightly scented
Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour variegated
Aromatic? Fragrant foliage when creased

Plant habit

Height at maturity 15 cm
Spread at maturity 15 cm
Growth rate slow

Botanical data

Genus

Thymus

Cultivar

Sparkling Bright

Family

Lamiaceae

Other common names

Thyme

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference895951

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Planting and care

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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Planting period

Best planting time March, September
Recommended planting time February to April, September to October

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Edge of border, Container, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -23°C (USDA zone 6a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Planting density 5 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil, Very well-drained, poor.

Care

Pruning instructions Prune lightly after flowering to encourage a compact habit. You can also prune at any time to use the tips of the leafy branches in the kitchen.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time April, September
Disease resistance Good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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