Thyme is highly aromatic, offering an earthy scent with hints of mint and clove, and it has a layered savory, herbal flavor with minty, grassy, and floral notes. Thyme has been a staple plant in cooking, medicine and rituals for thousands of years. Thyme has slender, wiry, and spreading branches. It has small green-grey evergreen leaves that can be used fresh or dried in cooking, baking applications.