Matures in 90 Days
Height: 3 feet

Popular cooking herb used extensively in Italian, Mexican, and Spanish cuisines. Attractive shrub-like perennial grown for leaves which are used fresh or dried to flavor soups, sauces, chilies, pizza, spaghetti, salad dressings, meats, etc.

SOWING:
Select a sunny location and sow seed after all danger of frost has passed. Oregano is a perennial, so plant in a permanent location. Plant seed 1/16 inch deep in rows two feet apart, spacing seeds one inch apart in the row. Cover with soil, well pressed down.

THINNING:
Thin to eighteen inches apart.

GERMINATION:
Germinates in 10 to 20 days depending on soil and weather conditions.

REMARKS:
Flavor is best before the plant blooms. Pick leaves as needed and use fresh or dry. Leaves may be frozen. Grows well in containers indoors and out. Responds well to trimming.