Botanical Name: Thymus x citriodorus 'Aureus'
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Common Name: Golden Lemon Thyme  
Plant photo of: Thymus x citriodorus 'Aureus'
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial, Herb

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Pink

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Light Green, Yellow Green, Yellow, Variegated

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Tina Olsen Binegar
  • Description

  • Notes

Golden lemon thyme is a deciduous perennial with a mounding to upright habit, growing about 6 to 10 inches tall and wide. Foliage emerges a bright green with yellow margins, and holds the variegation all summer. Flowers are pink and bloom early to mid summer. Foliage has an intense lemon scent, and is useful as a culinary herb. The fragrance is so wonderful, it makes weeding a joy. This thyme is a little too tall be be a good groundcover, but its wonderful along the edges of paths or walks, in an herb garden, or tucked into a sunny perennial border.