Sweet Marjoram
Formats
Culinary and aromatic plant with medicinal properties for egdes, rockery and pots.
The leaves are used in cooking recipes to flavour dishes. The seeds are ingredients for sweets and confectionary. The essential oil is used to make aromatic soaps.
A very scented evergreen plant of almost 60cm with clustered lilac flowers from June to September. Litttle oval and green-greyish leaves.
It prefers clay, fertile and well drained soils.
Direct sowing in spring.
Use
Essential Oil, Balcony & Courtyard, Edges, Cosmetic, Culinary, Herbs garden, Baskets & Containers, Medicinal
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Description
Medicinal, aromatic and culinary plant.
Flowering
| Flower colour | Purple |
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| Flowering period | June, July, August, September, Summer |
Botanical information
| Botanical name | Origanum majorana |
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| Life cycle | Perennial |
When to plant?
| Sowing period | January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, All year |
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| Harvest period | January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, All year |
| Average germination (%) | 70 |
| Seeds per gram | 5.000 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Essential Oil, Balcony & Courtyard, Edges, Cosmetic, Culinary, Herbs garden, Baskets & Containers, Medicinal |
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| Exposure | Sun |
| Soil pH | Neutral to alkaline |
| Soil type | Loam |
| Soil moisture | Dry |
| Hardiness | Non hardy, Drought resistant |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean, Warm areas |
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