Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

oregano | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Edibles/Culinary Herbs

Edibles > Culinary Herbs

oregano

Origanum vulgare

Pollinator FriendlyFragrant

Genus: Origanum
Family: Lamiaceae
Common Names: English marjoram, grove marjoram, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, wintersweet

About this plant

O. vulgare is a bushy, woody-based perennial with small, aromatic, ovate leaves and panicle-like clusters of small pink flowers in summer and early autumn

Growing Information

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayLoamSandy

AcidAlkaline

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Neutral

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

East FacingWest FacingNorth FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in a any well-drained (preferably alkaline) soil, in full sun or partial shade

Pruning

Cut back old, flowered stems in early spring

Propagation

Propagate by seed or by division in the autumn or spring

Pests

Can get leafhoppers

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Uses

Ground CoverBanks SlopesWildflower MeadowCottage InformalLow Maintenance

Planting Places

Outdoor

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years