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Oregano
Sept 14, 2018 22:26:06 GMT -5
Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Sept 14, 2018 22:26:06 GMT -5
pepperhead212, my oregano volunteered to grow in my front lawn, far from where I originally grew it in the back yard. I may have made a wreath of it when it bloomed, hung it on the front porch, and the seeds blew off into the front lawn and started. This was several years ago when the volunteer started, and I don't remember for sure which wreaths were on the front porch then. You may very well get new plants in the lawn.
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Oregano
Sept 15, 2018 3:46:03 GMT -5
Post by Mumsey on Sept 15, 2018 3:46:03 GMT -5
I just found some oregano growing in a neighboring flower bed too!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 15, 2018 6:19:59 GMT -5
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Oregano
Sept 15, 2018 11:59:31 GMT -5
Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Sept 15, 2018 11:59:31 GMT -5
And it's especially fragrant when I accidentally mow over it.
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Oregano
May 25, 2019 9:51:13 GMT -5
Post by tom 🕊 on May 25, 2019 9:51:13 GMT -5
This is supposed to be oregano. I have two plants, which appear not to be the same as one has flowered and the other hasn't yet. Whatever it is, bees like it.
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Oregano
May 25, 2019 17:14:10 GMT -5
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Post by Mumsey on May 25, 2019 17:14:10 GMT -5
Looks like oregano flowers. They are great in cut flower arrangements too.
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Oregano
Jun 29, 2020 23:51:05 GMT -5
Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 29, 2020 23:51:05 GMT -5
I have 2 species of Origanum that are getting really large in their second full years! One - the marjoram - is in my herb bed, while the other - the Syrian oregano - I planted behind my shed, in case it becomes invasive, like regular oregano tends to. Both are covered with flowers now - normally, I'd snip these of, if I was trying to get maximum leaves, but I decided to just leave them on, to attract the bees, which love these blossoms. Flowering marjoram, 6-29 by pepperhead212, on Flickr I also grow garlic chives behind my shed, since they can be invasive. I think there are at least 6 clusters back there, and 3 others, scattered around the yard. I never have a shortage of garlic chives! Weeds growing behind the shed - Syrian Oregano and Garlic Chives, 6-29 by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jun 30, 2020 7:29:40 GMT -5
I never have a shortage of garlic chives! I had a shortage earlier. I think I was overharvesting it, so I left it alone for two weeks, and it has regrown. I cut it high to encourage rapid regrowth. In some videos, I have seen Chinese cut it at ground level. To clean it, I spread it in a pan of water and then makes bundles that will keep in the refrigerator for several days. Oregano doesn't keep as well for me -- best if not over two days old in my experience. If I have such herbs handy in the refrigerator, I will use them heavily.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 1, 2020 4:04:39 GMT -5
tom 🕊, My oregano gets so full and tall I have to cage it, even then it grows out of the cage and I'm forever trimming it away from other plants. Bees love the flowers. About every 3 years I dig half of it out. I dry some for winter use and for canning tomato sauces/pizza sauce.
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Oregano
Feb 9, 2022 19:16:46 GMT -5
Post by binnylou on Feb 9, 2022 19:16:46 GMT -5
Old thread, I know…
Can oregano be container grown…like in 5 gallon buckets? I was shuffling through my seed packets from Rohrer and discovered two free packets of mixed herbs.
Last year, my brother planted pumpkins in his corn patch. He had vines, good bloom, but no fruit. I think he needs to bring in pollinators. His garden is tilled every fall, so the oregano plants couldn’t be a permanent plant in his garden. But, if they could be container grown and survive the winter, I would start some seeds for him or send one of the seed packets to him.
If he grew it as an annual in his garden, would he get flowers the first year? I had an oregano plant some years ago, but it was a purchased plant…not started from seed by me. Opinions please, before I make this suggestion to him.
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Post by pondgardener on Feb 9, 2022 20:49:37 GMT -5
binnylou, I have been growing oregano in a 5 gallon bucket buried in the ground for the last five years and it is a bee magnet. The bucket has a number of 1/4" holes drilled through the bottom and a cut out circle of landscaping fabric is placed in the bottom to prevent the potting mix from falling out. I would think you could do something similar and when the season is over, bring the bucket inside a garage or unheated building.
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Oregano
Feb 9, 2022 20:59:11 GMT -5
Post by binnylou on Feb 9, 2022 20:59:11 GMT -5
Thanks, pondgardener…just what I wanted to know. I’ll throw this idea at him and see what he thinks.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 9, 2022 22:29:05 GMT -5
That Syrian oregano and sweet marjoram are my varieties of oregano that I have, and the bees love it! Greek oregano is supposed to be resistant to zone 5, but is supposed to be sort of invasive, so the container is something that a lot of people do with it. And taking it to his garden should attract bees - it will flower the first season, for sure, though maybe a little later than in later seasons.
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Post by ahntjudy on Feb 10, 2022 10:06:51 GMT -5
binnylou ... Oregano here tends to grow wildly if I don’t habitually keep up after it, but that’s cuz I let it go to seed and it gets all over… I had about a 6’ x 1 ½' patch of it that evolved over many years and survived winters, all cut back in the fall, and just under some leaf mulch…It grew each year to about 4’ tall… If there is any spot where some can be planted and left to just grow, it’ll grow like a weed, it will go to flower and then here’ll come all the bees… Then just leave it alone until it all dries up, cut it down and if you want, use those cuttings to introduce seed in other spots… I also have some big, somewhat ignored, above ground pots down the back in which oregano comes up every year…From dropped seed or surviving roots?...Dunno…It just comes up… Oregano is hardy…It’ll grow pretty much anywhere…I think buckets should work just fine… You will ‘Bee’ pleased…
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Post by binnylou on Feb 10, 2022 10:12:22 GMT -5
Thanks, ahntjudy. I’ll share this to encourage him.
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