Echter Thymian / Gewürzthymian
Variety
Echter Thymian / Gewürzthymian
created by Strange Edge at 09.06.2025
Seed packet
Features
Growth habit
lifespan: perennial
growth habit: bushy
growth habit: richly branched
normal growth
warm germination
harvest: year-round
height: 20 - 30 cm
growth habit: becoming woody
propagation by division
herbs
Color
green
yellow-green
Taste
aromatic
Location
planting: outdoor
light: sunny to semi-shady
fertilization: minimal
planting: suitable for year-round cultivation
Season Overview
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
Harvest
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Description
Thyme is an aromatic plant from the labiate family. It prefers a bright, dry and rather nutrient-poor location.
Non hybrid
Growing tips
Thyme also thrives in poor, sandy soil. It is a light germinator, so the seeds should not be covered with soil. It is worth starting seedlings in advance, as the seeds are very fine and are otherwise easily outcompeted in the bed.
Details
Light requirement
Semi-shaded
Water requirement
Dry
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
Low
Plant distance
20 cm
Row spacing
20 cm
Seeding depth
0Not specified
Companion Plants
Carrots
Chili
Courgette / Zucchini
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Garlic
Hyssop
Lavender
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Oregano
Ornamental pumpkin
Pepper / Paprika
Rosemary
Sage
Savory
Stem herbs
Strawberry
Succulents
Succulents - Saxifragaceae
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Antagonistic Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Basil
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Beetroot
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Collard greens
Collard greens (Kale)
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Corn / Maize
Dill
Garlic chives
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Leeks
Lovage
Mint
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Pak Choi
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Root parsley
Rudbeckia (Coneflower / Black-eyed-susans)
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sea coal
Soybean
Sunflower
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Wild garlic
Diseases
Root Rot
Powdery mildews
Pests
Land snails
Spider mites
Aphids
