Release in Fall of 2026

Bring a fragrant, versatile, and deeply aromatic culinary masterpiece to your garden with our Common Thyme. A beloved heirloom staple that has anchored herb gardens for centuries, this rugged, low-growing perennial produces woody stems packed tight with tiny, clover-shaped, gray-green leaves. In mid-summer, it erupts in a beautiful haze of tiny pink and lavender blossoms. Celebrated for its rich, earthy, and subtly sweet peppery flavor, it is an absolute necessity for seasoned meats, slow-cooked stews, roasted vegetables, and classic savory stuffing.

Whether you are looking to create a fragrant living mulch between garden stepping stones, tuck an easy-care herb into patio container clusters, or plant an indispensable companion in your vegetable patch, Common Thyme grows beautifully year after year. It forms a dense, semi-evergreen mat that keeps weeds at bay while continuously welcoming local honeybees and native pollinators to your yard.

The B&KM Farms Promise

Like all of our varieties, these seeds are 100% heirloom, non-GMO, and completely untreated. Every single packet is grown, harvested, and carefully packaged entirely by hand right here in the USA by our family team. We skip the massive, impersonal factory assembly lines so that we can ensure only the freshest, highest-quality seeds make it to your front door.

Variants

• 250 mg Packet (~1,000 Seeds): Perfect for windowsill herb gardens, small kitchen plots, or accenting a couple of patio container pots.

• 1 Gram Pouch (~4,000 Seeds): Great for lining the borders of raised beds, planting multiple outdoor culinary containers, or edging a garden path.

• 1 oz Bulk Pouch (~112,000 Seeds): Ideal for large-scale landscaping projects, creating an expansive aromatic ground cover, market grower nursery stock, and seed-saving libraries.

Quick Growing Facts

• Plant Type: Woody Perennial Culinary Herb

• Mature Height: 6 to 12 inches

• Plant Spread: 10 to 12 inches (Mounding, spreading habit)

• Days to Harvest: 85 to 90 days (Leaves can be harvested continuously once the plant reaches 6 inches tall)

• Sunlight Requirements: Full Sun (Absolutely essential for maximum essential oil production and rich flavor)

• Hardiness Zones: 5 through 9 (Extremely rugged perennial that survives freezing winters and returns eagerly every spring)

Planting & Care Guide

• When to Plant: Start seeds indoors 8–10 weeks before your region's last expected spring frost. Thyme seeds are exceptionally tiny and slow-growing at first, so starting them early indoors under lights gives them the best head start. Alternatively, surface-sow outdoors once the soil is completely warm in late spring.

• Seeding Depth: Surface sow (Do not bury!). Gently press the dust-like seeds into the surface of a finely sifted, damp seed-starting mix. Common Thyme seeds require light to trigger germination. Mist very gently with a spray bottle so you don't wash the tiny seeds away.

• Spacing: Thin or space individual plants about 8 to 12 inches apart. As they mature, they will spread out into a beautiful, dense, aromatic cushion.

• Watering: Keep the soil lightly and evenly damp until they sprout (which requires a little patience and takes about 14–21 days). Once established, water very sparingly. Thyme is exceptionally drought-tolerant and hates sitting in soggy, wet soil. Allow the dirt to dry out completely between waterings.

• Pro Gardening Tip: Give your thyme a mid-summer haircut! Once the plant finishes blooming in the summer, use garden snips to trim back the top one-third of the growth. This keeps the plant from becoming too woody or leggy, prevents the center from dying out, and aggressively forces the plant to push out a massive flush of tender, highly flavorful new green leaves before winter sets in.

Why You'll Love It

• Incredible Drought & Heat Resilience: Once its roots find their home in the ground, Common Thyme thrives in hot, dry conditions and poor, sandy, or rocky soils where other plants completely wither.

• Built-In Pest & Deer Shield: Because of the high concentration of aromatic oils in its tiny leaves, destructive garden pests, rabbits, and deer completely ignore it, making it a fantastic protective border for your valuable vegetables.

• The Ultimate Kitchen Workhorse: Retaining its rich, earthy flavor exceptionally well when dried or frozen, it serves as a year-round gourmet foundation for scratch-made soups, roasted meats, artisan breads, and herbed butters.

• A Living, Scented Pathway: When planted along walkways or between stepping stones, walking past it releases its sweet, earthy fragrance into the air, making your backyard transitions a sensory delight.