Description
– (Thymus camphoratus)
Habit – Mat Forming
Resilience – Hardy
Flowering Time – June – August
Height and spread – 20 x 25 cm
Ideal Conditions – Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Possibile 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.
Features – Attracts Wildlife
Typical season – Spring
Flower Colour – pink
Foliage Colour – green
Flowering time – June – August
Planting recommendation – Bed/Border Prefers – Full Sun
Temperature tolerance – A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.
Plant care –
Family – LAMIACEAE Genus – Thymus Cultivar – Camphor
Pot Sizes – 9cm Pot Spacing –
Growing Media and irrigation – Free draining – keep evenly moist
Feeding fertiliser – NPK balanced feeding Feeding frequency – Requires infrequent feeding (Low EC)
PH Recommendation – Standard 5.0 to 5.5 Common pests – Aphid Common disease – Powdery Mildew
Species – camphoratus
