On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:46:34 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:32:22 -0600, Janet B >
>wrote:
>>
>> I meant to tell you, thyme and stems
>> In early spring, before the thyme begins new growth, take your hedge
>> clippers and cut the thyme way back. rapid New growth will come with
>> early summer (for me, it is now). The new growth is tender, soft and
>> floppy, Cut this thyme for drying, there are no old, woody, hard
>> stems.
>
>Hedge clippers? I'd kill my thyme if I did that. The highest it ever
>gets from the ground is maybe 3 inches... and it's not supposed to be
>creeping thyme!

The new growth on my thyme is about 15-20 inches . A plant has become
at least 8x4xknee high. All of it straight and all single stems. If
you leave it to grow much later, it begins to branch and also
blossoms. I guess it just depends on climate and soil. My rosemary
would never grow as you say yours does. I was just planning to go to
the nursery today and see if I could get a new rosemary plant.
Janet US