Great for roast pork and chicken. Best grown from transplants or root cuttings. Mint - One of the hardiest and easiest herbs to grow. Grow from cuttings, roots or transplants. Can be grown from seed, but sometimes difficult.
Mint plants cross pollinate easily, so hybrids abound.
Spearmint and peppermint are most commonly used as culinary herbs. Most mints are tough, hardy plants for this area. Oregano - The name oregano is given to several unrelated plants that share the same or similar flavor. The most common two in this area is the Oregano used in Italian or Greek cooking which is a low spreading plant, Origanum vulgare. The other is a bushy shrub we call Mexican Oregano, Lippia graveolens, or Lippia palmeri.