I think it’s a case of experimenting. Mine are all in the ground and to be honest I’ve been surprised how well some do. But some is the key word. As said, fancy ones I’ve bought have failed or struggled but the ones grown from supermarket cuttings seem to do well. I don’t buy the growing herbs, all mine were rooted from a bag of cut fresh herbs
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
There's a nice low growing one called Russetings, or something similar @Butterfly66. It has quite dark flowers, and is very flat, so it's ideal on an area of gravel or in paving etc. I had it in a previous garden next to a large drain cover. I had pots on that during summer, but it was nice and sharp for drainage there. I grow most thyme in containers or my raised beds, so that I can ensure better drainage for them. Most Med. plants need help here over winter. I used to take lots of them inside over winter, or in the growhouse - rosemary and sage for example, as it's too wet and cold for them to manage otherwise.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
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East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
It has quite dark flowers, and is very flat, so it's ideal on an area of gravel or in paving etc. I had it in a previous garden next to a large drain cover. I had pots on that during summer, but it was nice and sharp for drainage there.
I grow most thyme in containers or my raised beds, so that I can ensure better drainage for them. Most Med. plants need help here over winter. I used to take lots of them inside over winter, or in the growhouse - rosemary and sage for example, as it's too wet and cold for them to manage otherwise.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham