Thyme 'Doone Valley'
Thyme 'Doone Valley'
(Thymus)
Narrative Description:
Creeping evergreen with bright green and gold variegated leaves with pink flowers, which are particularly attractive to bees and butterflies.
Ideal Conditions:
Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Possible Situation:
Ideal for herb gardens, pots, paths, rockeries and raised beds or borders. Thymes of different foliage and flowering colour should be mixed to produced a variable, colourful mat through the year.
Resilience:
Hardy
Habit:
Spreading
Height x Spread / Trail:
8 x 20 cm
Features:
Attracts Wildlife
Scented
Typical Season:
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Flower Colour:
pink
Foliage Colour:
green
yellow
Flowering Time:
June - August
Planting Recommendations:
Bed/Border
Container
Rockery
Prefers:
Full Sun
Part Sun
Temperature Tolerance:
A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.