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Sweet Marjoram in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Origanum marjorana

 

Sweet Marjoram

Sweet marjoram is a slow-growing herb with pungent leaves. Dead head before the flower-buds burst to ensure bushy growth

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plant Features
  • Sweet Marjoram likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Sweet Marjoram likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Sweet Marjoram is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Sweet Marjoram likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Sweet Marjoram

Latin name

Origanum marjorana

type

Herb

family

Lamiaceae

ph

6.0 - 9.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sweet Marjoram likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Sweet Marjoram is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Sweet Marjoram likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Sweet Marjoram likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sweet Marjoram is 0.30meters x 0.60meters 0.30 M 0.60 M

Origanum marjorana

Sweet marjoram is a slow-growing herb with pungent leaves. Dead head before the flower-buds burst to ensure bushy growth


Propagating by seed

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

Oregano seed is very fine, so mix it with sand to make it easier to handle. Sow the seed in plug-trays from mid Spring indoors, or from early Summer outdoors. Oregano seeds need a temperature of around 15 deg. C to germinate, so some heat may be required.

 

Propagating by cuttings

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

Propagating oregano by cuttings is very easy -you can really just break a piece of and stick it in the soil, and chances are it will grow! The proper way is to take several cuttings 3"-4".Remove the leaves from the lower 2", and place the cuttings around the edge of a pot of compost. Water.

 

Planting

From Early Summer TO Mid Summer

Plant out seedlings when they are around 4" high. Plant into free-draining soil in sun, or partial sun

 
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