Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
Plant Height: | 12 - 24 inches |
Plant Spread: | 12 - 18 inches |
Leaves: | Fragrant |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | White |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
Uses: | Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb Suitable as Annual |
Edible Parts: | Stem Leaves Flowers |
Eating Methods: | Culinary Herb/Spice Raw Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant |
Pollinators: | Bees |
Containers: | Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
Parentage: | Origanum majorana x O. vulgare subsp. virens |
Pegleg84 | On April 18, 2016 | Seeds sown winter sown |
LizDTM | On September 25, 2017 | Seeds sown |
antsinmypants | On February 27, 2022 | Plant emerged 2 seedlings emerged. |
antsinmypants | On February 23, 2022 | Seeds sown Seeds sown (Indoors under lights on heat mat. |
antsinmypants | On May 3, 2021 | Plant emerged |
antsinmypants | On April 27, 2021 | Seeds sown Plug flat two row 8 |