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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Perennials => Topic started by: JPB on November 03, 2011, 01:52:54 PM

Title: Thymus
Post by: JPB on November 03, 2011, 01:52:54 PM

Thymus longiflorus is an Andalucian endemic and I found it in the Cabo de Gata area alongside a road. I took a smal plant home and it flowers profusely during summer and autumn. It is not a difficult plant (but needs frost protection) and can be easily propagated from cuttings in autumn. First picture is in habitat, second and third in culture. Enjoy!

Title: Thymus moroderi
Post by: HansA on November 03, 2011, 04:02:56 PM

Beautiful plant, Hans!

Here the similar Thymus moroderi, grown from seed. There are some other very beautiful Thymus species in spain - a pity they are hardly (if at all?) in cultivation.

Title: Cyprus thymes
Post by: MikeHardman on November 03, 2011, 06:19:32 PM

Nice. We have neither of those in Cyprus :(
But the two species of thyme we do have are quite nice: T. integer, capitata.
Except I notice the latter has been reduced to a synonym, the correct name for it now being Thymbra capitata. (Poor thing - it has also been in Coridothymus, Origanum and Satureja.)

Title: Re: Thymus
Post by: JPB on November 04, 2011, 12:12:36 PM

I don't think this long flowered thymes are found outside the Iberian peninsula. I know of one other species occurring in the Murcia region, T. murcicus, wich has paler flowers.

T. morodori could be seen as a subspecies of T. longiflorus.