Herbs
Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
- Cat: not toxic
- Dog: not toxic
- Light: full sun
About the plant
Thyme comes from southern Europe and grows best in full sun, in light, free-draining soil. It is a hardy little shrub: it survives the winter on a balcony, and picking the shoots all season makes it bushier.
Thyme and pets
- Cat
- not toxic
- Dog
- not toxic
Care
- Watering
- about every 5 days in summer (April to September), every 10 in winter. Let the soil dry out to the bottom.
- Light
- full sun
- Air humidity
- low
- Temperature
- 5–30 °C
- On a balcony in winter
- hardy: it stays on the balcony and stands frost down to -20 °C
- Feeding
- May to August, every 8 weeks
- Grown
- in a pot
It likes sun and drying out. Pinch the tips and it grows bushier.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.