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Greek Oregano Herb Seed — botanical detail

Greek Oregano Herb Seed — greek oregano pizza sprigs

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Origanum vulgare hirtum

80 - 90Days to maturity

A seed worth growing

Greek Oregano Herb Seed

Item #HSC-HRB-016-MINI

A true Greek oregano.

Greek oregano has a strong oregano scent and flavor for pizza, Greek and Italian cooking, with the typical dark green leaves and white flowers.

Flowers taste of oregano and can be used like the leaves, especially in pasta and green salads and fresh on pizza. They feed bees, hoverflies, lacewings, parasitic wasps and tachinid flies.

Ready to harvest about 80–90 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Mini: 100 seeds
Packet: 200 seeds
Average 279,700 seeds per oz.

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Quick Facts

Latin Name: Origanum vulgare hirtum
Days To Maturity: 80 - 90 days
Life Cycle: Perennial
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Surface-sow

Light helps the seed sprout.

Lean soil

Rich soil dulls the flavor.

Cut at first bloom

2" above the base, several times a season.

Renew every 4 years

Clear old wood each spring.

Growing Information

Days to germination

About 7–14 days at 18–21°C (65–70°F).

Starting indoors

Recommended. Sow in seed flats 8–10 weeks ahead of your last frost, scattering the seed on top and pressing it in without covering, since it needs light. Keep moist. Pot seedlings up at four true leaves, and plant out after frost, 12" apart, with rows 18" apart.

Plant spacing

12".

Soil

Free-draining, sandy soil. Rich soil can weaken the aroma.

Light

Full sun or part shade.

Care

Pinch back new growth, clear out old wood at the end of winter, and replace plants about every 4 years.

Harvest

Cut whole stems about 2" above the base just as plants start to bloom. Established plants can be cut back two to six times a season.

Hardiness

Zones 4–9.

Plant height

8–24".

Packet

200 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 279,700 on average.

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