When to plant thyme?
- Botanical name
- Thymus vulgaris
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Thyme is planted from April to June. It is harvested all year. It is cut back from April to May.
Thyme is a woody perennial. The edible parts are the leaves and flowers.
Thyme through the year
- planting
- harvest
- cutting back
In short
Growing conditions
Companions in the bed
Companion planting is tradition and not an agronomic claim. What is recorded is which pairs sources recommend and which they advise against.
Thyme is a perennial and broccoli an annual, so plant the thyme at the edge of the bed, where it stays once the broccoli is gone.
Both are perennials and both stay low. Thyme needs drier soil than the strawberry, so it goes at the edge and not in between.
- “Cited” means the pair is named by one source or two.
Pests and diseases
Listed here is every problem for which the sources name this plant as a host. The problems are not listed in order of how common they are.
Rosemary beetle
pest- Signs
- Eaten leaves left as short stubs with a grey brown edge where the tissue has dried. The metallic green and purple beetles are on the plant all year round.
- Prevention
- Action is usually not needed, because a healthy plant takes the beetle. Encourage birds and ground beetles.
- What to do
- Pick them off by hand or shake the branches over a sheet of paper laid underneath, easiest in the morning, when the beetles are slow.
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Related plants
The plants below are in the same botanical family (Lamiaceae).
Sources about the plant: BUND Region Hannover, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, NC State Extension Plant Toolbox, Penn State Extension, Royal Horticultural Society, University of Georgia Extension, University of Maryland Extension, University of New Hampshire Extension, Utah State University Extension, Wikidata. Checked between 14 and 17 August 2026. The problem descriptions also draw on: EPPO Global Database.