Description
For your kitchen, to transplant it into a pot or in the garden or even in the vegetable patch, we offer you this plant in a 12 cm diameter pot, already ready for transplanting and flowering, which can supply you with lemon thyme whenever you need it to flavor your culinary creations or dishes. The lemon thyme plant is easy to cultivate and finds its ideal environment in gardens, in a sunny position or at most in partial shade. It can reach a height of 40-50 cm. It does not require a particular soil, as long as it is dry and well-drained, therefore with a high amount of sand. In fact, lemon thyme does not tolerate water stagnation and should be watered only when the soil is dry. Despite appearing as a delicate plant, it is very robust and can survive for a long time without water. It can be transplanted from March to the end of July. Curiosity Its flowers and leaves can be used both fresh and dried to treat coughs and colds (thanks to its fluidifying and balsamic properties). The flowering tops and leaves of lemon thyme are used, collected before and at the beginning of flowering. With its intense citrus flavor, it is often used in the cooking of grilled and boiled meats, grilled and baked fish, to flavor salads, in the dressings of pasta and rice dishes. Excellent for making grilled or steamed vegetables more flavorful, for baked potatoes, and sautéed mushrooms. It is also used in the preservation of fruit in spirits, in fruit sorbets, in herbal infusions, in aromatic liqueurs, and in herb vinegars. It helps solve digestive problems. It has antiseptic properties and until the 1920s was the main ingredient in disinfectants. The Egyptians used it along with ointments for embalming mummies; the Greeks considered lemon thyme honey a delicacy; the Romans thought it made them braver and more vigorous, in fact, they often sprinkled themselves with water and thyme.