Thyme beat Lady's slipper and became the plant of 2027 in Belarus as a result of an online vote, the votes were distributed as follows: 1 Common thyme (aka creeping thyme) 2 English oak 3 Lady's slippers Thyme grows throughout Belarus. The residents use it in folk medicine, and also add it to stews as a seasoning and make tea from it. And bees make fragrant honey from thyme nectar.