| Oregano | Origanum vulgare | |  | Erect, bushy plant, 8-18" plants produce pungent flavored leaves with purple flowers that is often used in Italian and Greek cooking. | 8D-N |  |  |  |  |  |
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8"-18" | 8"-18" | 4-9 |
| | | |  | The fragrance will start your mouth watering, while the red-flushed green leaves and purple-brown stems, even when not topped with clusters of lavender-pink blooms, are attractive enough to take their place in bed or border with other flowering plants. | 8D-N |  |  |  |  |  |
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12"-24" | 18" | 5-10 |
| | | |  | Tender, sweetly spicy leaves with excellent flavor. Adds zest to Greek, Italian and Mexican cuisine and complements tomato dishes, beef or lamb stew, gravies, soups, salads or casseroles. Use fresh, dried or fresh frozen. Harvest before flowering. | 8D-N | |  |  |  |  |
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8"-18" | 12" | 5-9 |
| | Origanum vulgare hirtum (heracleoticum) | |  | Tender, sweetly spicy leaves with excellent falvor. Adds zest to Greek, Italian and Mexican cuisine and complements tomato dishes, beef or lamb stew, graviews, soups, salads or casseroles. Use fresh, dried or fresh frozen. Harvst before flowering. | 8D-N |  |  |  |  |  |
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8"-18" | 12"-24" | 4-9 |
| Oregano (Golden) | Origanum vulgare | |  | Golden-tipped, pleasantly scented foliage complemented by tiny light lavender flowers in summer. Strongly flavorful, fresh leaves provide an unforgettable taste to fine Italian and Mexican cuisine. | 8D-N |  |  |  |  |  |
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10"-12" | 24"-36" | 5-9 |
| Oregano (Ornamental) | Origanum laevigatum | |  | This ornamental herb has showy clusters of maroon-purple flowers that are borne above dark green foliage. A lovely addition to the herb garden or border. | 9C-S |  |  |  |  |  |
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15"-18" | 12"-18" | 4-9 |
| | Origanum rotundifolium | |  | Pendulous bunches of showy, pink bracts and weeping branches of oval to round leaves oppositely arranged create quite a display all season long. A delicate, dramatic plant to drape over walls or mix into rockeries, containers and low borders. | 9C-S | |  |  |  |  |
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4" | 15" | 5-8 |