German Winter Thyme, Organic

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange -85 days. Flavoring for sauces, soups, meats, dressings, and bean dishes. Shrubby, evergreen perennial. Zones 5-8, 4 with protection. Medicinal: Used as an expectorant and bronchial anti-spasmodic and carminative. (Thymus vulgaris) 

Characteristics:

• Organic
• Plants grow to 8-12 inches
• Tiny, green leaves grow on woody stems
• Pkt 0.2 g, ~1015 seeds

Instructions - Sow seeds indoors on surface of soil. Transplant outdoors after danger of frost has passed. After first year cut plants back each spring to renew them and keep them tidy. Plants prefer well-drained dry soil.

• Sow 6-8 weeks before the last frost
• Germination 10-20 days
• Plant 6-12 apart

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