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French Narrow-Leaf Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

Lamiaceae

Growth Habit

Shrub

Description

'Narrow-leaf French' is the name appended to the seed strain high in thymol and often offered as 'German Winter', 'French Summer' or 'Greek Grey'. In common parlance, this is_ the_ garden thyme or common thyme.

Source of plant

Well-Sweep Herb Farm, Sunnybrook Farms Nursery

USDA Hardiness Zone

8

Special characteristics

fragrance, other ethnobotanical uses, tender perennial, food