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 ?

In article .com,
"Gardening_Convert" writes:
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| 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 ?

Almost certainly the latter, I am afraid. I have had the same, for both
thyme and rosemary.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article .com,
"Gardening_Convert" writes:
|
| 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 ?

Almost certainly the latter, I am afraid. I have had the same, for both
thyme and rosemary.

Do you mean this is frost, Nick, or is it old age?! Although we've
had frost here, the rosemary doesn't seem to be damaged and is
flowering now.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

Nick Maclaren wrote:
Almost certainly the latter, I am afraid. I have had the same, for both
thyme and rosemary.

And Lavender.... Outta 8 in a row I've lost two. Mr Frost's been
choosing his victims at random obviously.

"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

MikeCT wrote:

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.

I have some ornamental Thyme in stone sinks, and it has been
flourishing for years. My partner has put some culinary Thyme in
a bed, and it is not at all happy.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


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