Vaistinis čiobrelis – Thymus vulgaris

Vaistinis čiobrelis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameVaistinis čiobrelis
Latin plant nameThymus vulgaris L.
English plant nameGarden Thyme
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • red, red tints
  • violet
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. The flower is propagated by scrub division easily. 5000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seed viability is 70-85 percent. Seeds are sown in boxes or hotbeds in Spring. Seedlings are planted to the final growing place next year in Spring.