Oregano
Origanum vulgare
In Dutch: Wilde marjolein
PerennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.3 to 1 m
- Spread
- 0.5 to 1 m
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Well-drained: sand, loam or chalk
- Water
- Little: none needed once established
- Maintenance
- Low: a cut in spring
- Flowers
- July to September, pink to purple-red
- For bees
- Yes: plenty of nectar and pollen, July to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as is known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €2.50 to €3.50 each, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- About €4.35 to €6.50 each, in a larger pot, sometimes only in lots of 10
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- July to September
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit