Add beauty and a sweet lemon scent to your home with Golden Lemon Thyme, Thymus. It matures to an evergreen mat of dense green leaves edged in gold. Pretty soft lilac flowers appear in summer. Golden Lemon Thyme’s refreshing scent strengthens as the plant gets closer to flowering, peaking right before the flowers burst open. The delicious leaves can be harvested year-round for culinary uses. A sun-loving perennial.

Use Golden Lemon Thyme between stones; it entertains everyone with its wonderful aroma. Use it cascading over walls, to edge perennial and herb beds, or at the door to welcome guests with its inviting scent. Thriving in hot dry spots, it works fantastic as a low-maintenance ground cover. To help you achieve a bumper crop of edibles, add it to your veggie garden as an understory plant. Clematis also benefit from it as an understory. It attracts beneficial insects and keeps the soil cool and moist. Its leaves can season soups, sauces, and other culinary delights.

Plant in full sun to light shade in well-draining soil. Occasionally tidy up the plant with a trim.