References

References for T. citriodorus in the RHS Journal, The Garden, charting the application of its hybrid status by garden writers, from the end of the 19th Century until the 1970s.

1898-1899 Vol. 22, p. 167
List of Perfumes, etc. and Plants which Afford Them

....Thyme (Thymus vulgaris). - A well-known garden herb and the source of "Thymol", etc. T. citriodorus is "Lemon Thyme".  There are many species grown as rock plants, all more or less scented. ....

1944 Vol. 69, p. 353
In the Kitchen Garden

....and there is also the Lemon-scented thyme, T. citriodorus. ....

1950 Vol. 75, p. 194
Some Scented-leaved Plants A.D.B. Wood

....Citral is present in lemon-scented Thyme, Thymus citriodorus, which with its brothers & sisters seem now to be less grown in gardens than they might be. ....

1955 Vol. 80, p. 75
Notes from Wisley: J.B. Paton

....T. × citriodorus, the lemon thyme, is a hybrid between T. vulgaris and T. pulegioides , this latter species being of wide distribution over Europe including Britain. ....

1963 Vol. 88, p. 81
Plants with Silver-Grey and Variegated Foliage G.W. Robinson (Lecture given on Sep. 11 1962)

....Evergreens....
....For a sunny situation also, the thymes are useful, particularly T. citriodorus and 'Silver Posie'. ....

1963 Vol. 88, p. 348
Fragrance in the Garden Graham Stuart Thomas
Part II  Fragrant June

....Aromatic Foliage
....and the ground given to thymes, both the creeping varieties of Thymus serpyllum and the bushier common and lemon thymes (T. vulgare and T. citriodorus) and the less hardy "seed-cake" or caraway-scented species T.herba-barona. ....

1968 Vol. 93, p. 393
The Old Herbs and Some New Gardens Dawn Macleod

....Herbers, Bradford on Avon

....Plantings of Thyme - Thymus vulgaris, T. citriodorus, and the latter in silver variety called 'Silver Queen', and the hardier T. vulgaris 'Silver Posie'; Golden thyme (T. vulgaris aureus) and Golden Lemon Thyme (T. citriodorus aureus), together with various colours in the creeping Thyme, Thymus serpyllum - filled many spaces in beds and between paving stones. ....

1974 Vol. 99 p. 521
Notes from Wisley

....Herb Exhibit Chelsea 1974:  David Palmer

....Several thymes were exhibited, but these were mainly cultivars of Thymus vulgaris, the garden thyme and Thymus × citriodorus, the lemon thyme. ....

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