Thyme

The herb that brings culinary depth to soups, casseroles, and salad dressings.

Highly fragrant, with small leaves that are bright green when young and mature to a dark blue-green. Sixty to ninety days to harvest. A hardy perennial to zone 4, or grown as an annual in colder climates. Direct sow as soon as the soil is workable; the optimal germination temperature is 55 to 60°F, and seeds emerge in two to four weeks. Likes well-drained, light, dry, alkaline soil. Seedlings are best planted in clumps. Bees love the short lavender flower spikes, which makes thyme an especially good pollinator plant. Said in older herbal traditions to calm the nerves and soothe headaches — as good in salad dressings as in sore-throat remedies.

•   Hardy perennial to zone 4 (or grown as annual)

•   60–90 days to harvest

•   Direct sow at 55–60°F; germinates in 14–28 days

•   Likes well-drained, light, alkaline soil

•   Especially attractive to pollinators

•   Open-pollinated

•  From our friends at Seattle Seed Company