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Old 10-04-2006, 05:01 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
MikeCT
 
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"Gardening_Convert" asked:
I have a few Thyme bushes in my garden then have now no or virtually no
leaf left on them just the woody stems. Is this just what happens to
them over winter ?
Can they be cut back and left to re-grow or should they be dug up and
replaced ?

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My thyme plants last for only three years at the most. Even then, by the
second year they are struggling. Perhaps if I grew them in deeper soil
and not in stone sinks they would live longer. Rosemary grows very well
indeed here, where quite a few front gardens have rosemary as hedging.

MCT