Broad-leaved thyme
A pink-purple thyme common in European meadows and pastures; flowering for a long time from June to September, it gives bees good nectar all summer.
- Nectar
- Good
- Pollen
- Low
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0,1-0,3 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Broad-leaved thyme is a cushion-forming thyme with a woody base that grows in dry and semi-moist grassland, pastures, road embankments and forest edges across most of Europe. In Turkey it occurs mainly in the northern mountain regions and in high meadows. It can be told apart by its four-angled stems and leaves that are broader than those of some other thymes. Its pink-purple flower heads are heavily visited by honey bees.
Flowering
It flowers for a long time from June to September. Nectar secretion increases on hot, sunny days; on cool mountain slopes bee traffic is noticeable around midday.
Honey and pollen
It has no separate commercial honey; it adds thyme aroma to mountain meadow honeys. Its pollen contribution is low.
Note for the beekeeper
It tolerates grazing and mowing, so it is a lasting summer source on pastures. It is also a suitable, long-flowering bee plant for rock gardens and roof gardens.