Thymus fragrantissimus Seeds - Thyme

Thymus fragrantissimus Orangelo
Orange Scented Thyme

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Classic thyme, enhanced with an orange fragrance and flavour. It blooms in summer with pinkish-white flowers. Its use is the same as classic thyme: to flavour sauces, cheeses, salads, and herbal teas, but its potential is only limited by your imagination. Its citrusy scent makes it a great addition to fruit cakes, for example. Sow from April to May for a harvest one year later.

Ease of cultivation

Amateur

Height at maturity

25 cm

Spread at maturity

25 cm

Soil moisture

Dry soil

Germination time (days)

24 days

Sowing method

Sowing under cover, Sowing under cover with heat

Sowing period April to May

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Flowering time July to September

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Harvest time January to December

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Description

The 'Orangelo' Thyme or Thymus fragrantissimus is a classic, traditional thyme, enhanced by a citrus fragrance and flavour that is quite similar to orange. Like the common thyme, it has numerous culinary uses, where it adds flavour to fish dishes, salads, cheeses, and sauces. With its interesting properties, it is also used to make highly aromatic infusions to relieve digestive and respiratory ailments. Sow from February to April.

Native to Western and Southern Europe, where it is sometimes found in the wild, Thyme is a perennial undershrub that belongs to the Lamiaceae family. It is hardy and forms small, fragrant, evergreen clumps in winter. This nectar-rich plant produces pretty small flowers in summer that range in colour from white to mauve pink, depending on the variety. Its leaves are highly appreciated in cooking. Used alone or in a bouquet garni, combined with Bay leaf, Parsley, and Rosemary, Thyme leaves add flavour to stews, sauces, marinades, and court-bouillons. They can also be used in infusions, known for their ability to relieve digestive ailments.

Thyme is a hardy and easy-to-grow herb that thrives in poor, light, and even rocky, well-drained soils. If your soil is rather damp and clayey, we recommend growing it in a pot where it will thrive.

Harvest: Thyme can be harvested throughout the year, as its leaves are evergreen. Since it is necessary to prune it to maintain a beautiful compact shape, take advantage of this to stock up for the winter months!

Storage: Thyme is traditionally preserved by drying. This is a simple and quick process that you can replace with freezing if it seems more convenient to you.

The gardener's tip: In the garden, mix different types of plants by placing some herbs like Thyme in the middle of your perennial flower beds or even in rockeries. It looks beautiful, and the sometimes powerful scents of aromatic plants often repel insects that might attack more sensitive plants, such as certain rose bushes.

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Modified the 27 January 2026 by Aurélien 11 min.

Thyme: growing, planting, pruning

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<a href="https://en.promessedefleurs.eu/vegetable-gardens/herbs/herbs-by-variety/thyme.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thyme</a> is an aromatic, culinary, and medicinal perennial plant, essential in the garden. Its strongly aromatic leaves are used in cooking, either alone or combined with bouquet garni to flavour dishes, but also to make herbal teas with various health benefits. In gardens, the most commonly found is common thyme (Thymus vulgaris), highly valued for its flavour, ease of cultivation, and good hardiness, as well as wild thyme, used as a fragrant ground cover. Lemon thyme (Thymus x citriodorus), increasingly popular, is grown and appreciated for its freshness. Other, less common varieties are still to be discovered, such as orange thyme with citrus notes or Corsican thyme that evokes cumin! Easy to grow in open ground, in pots or in window boxes, on a windowsill or on the terrace, it particularly enjoys sunshine, heat, and even dryness, which enhances its fragrance. It can be propagated by sowing, clump division, or propagation by cuttings and can be harvested all year round thanks to its evergreen grey-green foliage. Feel free to include it at the edge of your vegetable garden, under fruit trees - ensuring it is exposed to sunlight - or in a bed of herbs. Its powerful scent will deter certain species of aphids and molluscs, and during its flowering, it will attract a myriad of pollinating insects. In the garden, do not hesitate to mix things up by placing thyme right in the middle of your perennial flower beds or in rockeries. They will blend in beautifully! Moreover, the sometimes strong scents of aromatic plants often have the ability to repel insects that may attack more sensitive plants like certain roses. [caption id="attachment_36668" align="alignnone" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-36668 size-full" src="https://www.promessedefleurs.com/blogwp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/thym-plant.jpg" alt="thyme" width="1200" height="800" /> Thyme, in its natural habitat, does not form clumps as generous as in the garden...

Harvest

Harvest time January to December

Type of vegetable Aromatic

Vegetable colour grey

Size of vegetable Medium

Interest Flavour

Use Patisserie, Cooking

Plant habit

Height at maturity 25 cm

Spread at maturity 25 cm

Growth rate normal

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen

Foliage colour medium green

Aromatic? Fragrant foliage when creased

Botanical data

Genus

Thymus

Species

fragrantissimus

Cultivar

Orangelo

Family

Lamiaceae

Other common names

Orange Scented Thyme

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Annual / Perennial

Perennial

Product reference • 19622

Planting and care

Sowing:

Sow Thyme in April at a temperature ranging from 13 to 16°C. Germination usually takes 18 to 24 days.

Sow the seeds in a seed tray filled with good seed compost, placed in full light. The seeds should be lightly covered with a pinch of compost or vermiculite. Do not cover the tray, as Thyme is sensitive to moisture. Keep the substrate moist, but not waterlogged.

When the seedlings are strong enough to handle, transplant them into individual pots and gradually acclimatise them to cooler conditions.

Transplanting to the garden or a pot can be done when the plants are well-developed. They can also spend their first winter in a cold frame if desired.

Cultivation:

Thyme is a hardy and easy-to-grow herb that thrives in poor, light, even rocky and chalky soils. It should be planted in a sunny location. If your soil is moist and clayey, we recommend growing it in a pot where it will do well.

For maintenance, water every 15 days or once a month if the plant is well established. Pruning annually (on the current year's wood) will help maintain a nice rounded and compact habit.

Seedlings

Sowing period April to May

Sowing method Sowing under cover, Sowing under cover with heat

Germination time (days) 24 days

Care

Soil moisture Dry

Disease resistance Good

Pruning instructions An annual pruning (on the current year's growth) will keep it a nice rounded and compact habit.

Pruning No pruning necessary

Intended location

Type of use Edge of border, Container, Vegetable garden

Hardiness Hardy down to -15°C (USDA zone 7b) Show map