Description
Lemon thyme is a hybrid thyme (T. vulgaris x T. pulegioides) that is primarily grown as a culinary herb for its rich, lemon-scented leaves. It is an erect, bushy, woody-based perennial which typically grows 4-12″ tall with upward branching stems. Tiny, narrowly ovate, dark green leaves have a strong lemon scent which reaches its aromatic peak just before flowering. horls of tiny, tubular, pale lilac flowers appear on the stem ends in early summer. Flowers are attractive to bees.