Name: Thyme 'Sparkling Bright' - Aromatic thyme with creamy white variegated foliage
Brand: Thymus
SKU: pda706
Price: 5.9 EUR
Availability: InStock

Thymus Sparkling Bright

€5,90

Thymus Sparkling Bright

€5,90

pda706

Organic

Sustainable

Locally grown

Thymus ‘Sparkling Bright’ features pink flowers blooming above a creeping mat of small, variegated light green foliage with creamy-white edges. Deer resistant.

This thyme offers bright, attractive foliage throughout the year and produces masses of pink flowers that are highly attractive to bees. It forms a compact, bushy subshrub reaching around 15 cm in height, covered in tiny grey-green leaves edged with creamy white margins.

Like common thyme, it is an aromatic herb that thrives in full sun and well-drained, calcareous soils, including dry conditions during summer. It can be grown in containers or in the ground, where it creates beautiful decorative borders that remain attractive even in winter.

Grows best in moist, well-drained soil with average water. Plant along walkways or between pavers so you can enjoy the lemon scent when the plant is disturbed. Sparkling Bright Creeping Thyme tolerates varying amounts of foot traffic.

Sunlight: Full sun, Partial shade

Growth Habit: Spreading, Compact

Origine: Mediterranean

🪴9x9 cm

🚂 Ships across EU

🌱 Grown in our nursery

€5,90

🌿 Fragrance: Lemon - camphor

💦 High drought tolerance once established
☀️ Sun-loving
👍 Low-maintenance: Aromatic foliage deters some pests, and the plant requires minimal care.
🌸 Long flowering period: Ensures continuous visual impact and nectar supply for several weeks.
💪 Self-supporting, compact habit: Ideal for front-of-border planting, rockeries, and container use.

👯‍♀️ Tolerates light foot traffic; sturdy stems withstand occasional passing so can work as a drought-tolerant lawn substitute.
🌿Forms fast-spreading mats of thin, wiry stems that root easily and naturally suppress weeds.
☀️ Prefers full sun but tolerates partial shade.
🌱Thrives in well-drained, rocky, or poor soils.
🌿 Evergreen aromatic foliage
🦋 Loved by bees and butterflies.

Interesting fact about thyme!

Like many Mediterranean plants adapted to drought, thyme develops a dual root system.

Firstly, there is the central taproot, which plays a fundamental role by penetrating deeply into the soil or the cracks in rocks.

Secondly, there is a superficial network of very long rootlets capable of capturing even the slightest surface moisture.

The plant is also capable of releasing molecules from its roots that inhibit the germination of other plants through a phenomenon known as allelopathy, which ultimately reduces the need for weeding.

A very useful thing to know for those who would like to reduce their weeding times!