Thymus Species
Thymus is native throughout Europe and much of Asia, from Scandinavia in the north and the Iberian Peninsula in the south west,
including the islands, eastwards through western and central Europe, the Mediterranean countries, including north west Africa north of the
Sahara, Turkey, Russia, Mongolia and Japan and as far south as the Himalaya.
The following species are generally available from British nurseries and garden centres.
However I do not propagate all of them for sale.
Those marked * are fairly hardy but they dislike winter wet and
prefer winter protection in the greenhouse. Although they will survive
outside all year round, they tend to die if we have a very wet autumn
or spring and they also grow more healthily in pots.
Those marked † are not hardy and need winter protection in a greenhouse
with a minimum temperature of 4°C. The pots should be taken into the
greenhouse at the end of the summer.
Those marked § can be obtained from specialist alpine nurseries.
However they are not easy to grow and should only be contemplated by experienced
alpine growers. They dislike being overwatered in our wet summer weather
and need to be kept dry in a greenhouse or alpine house and just have the soil watered
when necessary.
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Thymus caespititius |
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Thymus hyemalis |
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Thymus pulegioides |
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Thymus caespitosus |
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Thymus integer |
* |
Thymus quinquecostatus |
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Thymus camphoratus |
* |
Thymus linearis |
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Thymus serpyllum |
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Thymus carnosus |
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Thymus longicaulis |
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Thymus serpyllum var. albus |
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Thymus cephalotos |
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Thymus longiflorus |
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Thymus serpyllum subsp tanaensis |
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Thymus ciliatus |
* |
Thymus mastichina |
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Thymus sibthorpii |
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Thymus cilicicus |
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Thymus membranaceus |
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Thymus thracicus |
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Thymus comosus |
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Thymus neiceffii |
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Thymus vulgaris |
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Thymus comptus |
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Thymus pallasianus |
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Thymus zygis |
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Thymus doerfleri |
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Thymus pannonicus |
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Thymus species from Turkey |
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Thymus herba-barona |
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Thymus praecox |
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Thymus Species - Sections
Jalas divided the genus Thymus into eight sections.
I Section MICANTES
Iberian Peninsula and north Africa. Includes T. caespititius.
II Section MASTICHINA
Iberian Peninsula. Includes T. mastichina.
III Section PIPERELLA
Monotypic section confined to Valencia, Spain.
IV Section TEUCRIOIDES
Balkan Peninsula.
V Section PSEUDOTHYMBRA
Iberian Peninsula and north Africa. Includes T. cephalotos, longiflorus and T. membranaceus.
VI Section THYMUS
Western Mediterranean region. Includes T. camphoratus, T. carnosus, T. hyemalis, T. vulgaris, and T. zygis.
VII Section HYPHODROMI
Throughout the Mediterranean region. Includes T. cilicicus and T. comptus.
VIII Section SERPYLLUM
Largest section, throughout whole region, apart from Madeira and Azores.
Includes T. comosus, T. doerfleri, T. herba-barona, T. longicaulis, T. pannonicus, T. praecox, T. pulegioides,
T. quinquecostatus, T. richardii, T. serpyllum, T. sibthorpii and T. thracicus.
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