General Plant Information (Edit)
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

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Common names
  • Italian Oregano
  • Hardy Marjoram
Also sold as:
  • Origanum majoricum

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2022-04-14
1 month old seedlings.
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: April 5 2020
Huge plant, gets cut back three times every summer
Location: My Cincinnati Ohio garden
Date: 5/19/2014
Hardy oregano seedling
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-03-23
Location: Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-06
Location: Michigan
Date: 7-9-2018
Thrips damage
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2014-03-23
Oregano start growing in a vertical garden. Will be interesting t
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-07-02
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-07-02
Location: Maryland
Date: August 13, 2014
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: May 2019
Lives in semi-shady garden year round.  Always comes back off roo
Location: Sherwood, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-28
Most exquisite smell when leaves are bruised

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-22
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Plant Events from our members
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
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