Common thyme also known as Winter, English or Broad leaf thyme is used in all culinary ways. Pretty small mauve flowers on stems, with dark green tiny leaves. Fresh or dried leaves can be used in soups, stews, and sauces, meat, fish, egg recipes and salads. Plant alongside cabbage as a companion plant or in pots on a sunny windowsill. Perennial Evergreen Culinary herb. Thymus vulgaris - Winter Thyme