Mentions that it is a nuisance in certain areas but doesn't have any sales restriction.
Speaking of weeds there was a radio item on nz tobacco growing yesterday that mentioned con men in the 1800s selling Dock seeds as Tobacco. This apparently gave Dock its headstart.
macandrosie,
Mar 16, 6:47pm
Well that's a joke! Have you been to Central Otago? The hills surrounding Alexandra are covered in thyme & when it's flowering there is an amazing heady fragrance in the air, nothing like it! Are they going to come along & spray it all to eradicate it? Or are you talking about a specific variety that is a problem? I believe the thyme in Central Otago is native to the area.
bluefrog2,
Mar 16, 8:26pm
*LOL* Yeah, way too late to restrict it's spread all over Central Otago.
And even if all the nurseries stop selling it, it's easy enough to propagate from little baby plants sprouting up around the parent. I'm certainly not going to stop growing it in my garden.
ira78,
Mar 16, 8:44pm
Great, I never have enough thyme in the day as it is.
kay141,
Mar 16, 8:46pm
It's a marvellous plant. It seems to be the only thing that keeps the neighbourhood cats off my garden.
BTW O/P that link doesn't work. Was it Oderings official page?
After wading through hundreds of pages: Thymus vulgariswas first introduced into New Zealand as a culinary herb. It has become widespread in the Otago Region, and occurs in the wild at two sites in Canterbury ??
kay141,
Mar 17, 12:18am
I think ECan has a lot more to be concerned about than the spread of common thyme. I strongly doubt anything will be done as the destruction of wild plants is well down the list of their priorities unless they are planning to make the land owners responsible for the destruction. I think that would open another can of worms.
thea4,
Mar 17, 5:50am
that goes for me also
lythande1,
Mar 17, 6:00am
[quote=kay141 It seems to be the only thing that keeps the neighbourhood cats off my garden. [/quote] neighbours underfed cat slept in mine for months. One of mine sleeps in it sometimes.
jbsouthland,
Mar 17, 10:13pm
And then they wonder where all the bees are.
buzzy110,
Mar 2, 8:52pm
Gone to thyme all of them.
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