Golden Thyme Plant

Golden, lemon-scented leaves

Grown by Josh

South Downs National Park

Choose your size

2 options

Regular price £5
Regular price £8 Sale price £5

Out of stock

Currently out of stock

Currently out of stock

Perfectly happy plants, or your money back

Specialist overnight plant delivery

The highlights

  • Classic thyme flavour with citrusy notes
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
  • Mix with honey and water in a herbal tea
  • Use your thyme from May to October

Description

  • A bushy evergreen shrub with bright yellow, lemon scented leaves, this subtle herb brings colour, scent and flavour to your garden
  • Perfect for garnishes or adding to any dish as a replacement for lemon juice
  • Grow in patio pots, on a windowsill, in a gravel or rock garden
  • Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit and Plants for Pollinators status
  • Plant out at any time from spring to autumn and harvest when needed - the flavour is best just before the plant flowers in late spring
  • Premium herb plants grown on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
  • Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop, plus this hardy evergreen will come back stronger year after year

What to expect

Supplied as

Garden-ready Plant in 8.5cm Pot

Eventual height

20cm

Eventual spread

20cm
Spreads approx 20cm

Tasting notes

Warm, mellow lemon flavour

Time to first crop

3-5 weeks
You can harvest thyme whenever you need it, but the best flavour is just before the plant starts to flower.

Flower colour

Purple
Spikes of tiny, pale lilac flowers

Habit

Bushy
A bushy plant that spreads and becomes more open with age

Hardiness

Fully hardy
H5 - hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)

Uses

Garnishes, stuffing, herbal tea

Spacing

15-20cm
If planting in rows, plant 15-20cm apart with another 30cm in between rows.

How to grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Generally pest and disease free

Water regularly during dry spells

Water regularly during dry spells

Water well in dry spells - after an initial watering when planted, it shouldn't be needed in autumn and winter

Full sun

Full sun

Plant in a sunny spot where the plants will receive 6-8 hours of sunlight per day.

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Herb plants prefer well drained, loamy soils. If your soil is heavy or sandy, mix in some perlite or fine horticultural grit when planting, to improve drainage.

Planting calendar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
  • Best time to plant
  • Harvest
  • Flower
View full details

Choose your size

Thyme Plants Vegetables
Thyme Plants Vegetables

South Downs National Park

Meet Josh

Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs

Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.

What customers say about us

We do our best to provide you the best experience ever

Growing with Roots

Good to know

Our plants are grown 
in the UK

Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.

Our plants are delivered overnight

Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 
24 hours.

We're here to help at every step

We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team 
of experts.

Perfect plants, guaranteed

We’re confident that you’ll be delighted 
with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re 
perfectly happy.

Digging deep to answer your questions

How do I know I'm getting quality plants?

All of our plants are grown in specialist nurseries with the highest standards of plant care and sustainability. We guarantee you'll love them as much as we do! Don't just take our word for it - we've got thousands of great reviews on Trustpilot.

When will I get my plants?

The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.

How will my plants be packed and delivered?

We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.

Where do you deliver?

We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

Ask the grower

One of our trusted team will get back to you via email

What customers say about us

We do our best to provide you the best experience ever
10 May

Best plants you will ever get online

I have ordered plants from them twice this year. They arrived well packaged, on time and looked strong and healthy. I feel the staff from Roots plants deal with their plants and customers with passion and care. I can’t wait to order again, price is good as well.

2 May

Highly recommended all round

Delivered quickly, perfectly packaged and the tree was in excellent condition. Really healthy and taken to the garden with no problems. Can't recommend highly enough. 5 stars isn't enough!

3 April

Satisfied customer

Unlike other online sellers, this company are well ahead in the quality stakes. My plant arrived promptly as per their promise and the plant was much more established and healthy than I had expected. It’s the second time I have ordered from them and I have faith in their promise. Excellent service.

26 February

A really good quality tree

A really good quality tree, delivered on time and very well packaged. But the emailed planting advice and supporting information was what really impressed me. Thoroughly recommended.

18 May

Exceptional quality

The quality of the plants was exceptional, unlike ones I have had before from local garden centres. Thank you so much. I will definitely be using you again.

22 February

Marvellous!

Marvellous service, great plants and fast delivery. Very useful information on how to care for the plants I bought. Easy to use website that makes it far too easy to overindulge in fabulous plants 😂🌱

Fighting plastic waste

Delivering fresh from the nursery

Supporting UK growers