Flowers mid to late Summer. Easily grown in most well-drained soils, preferring full sun but tolerating some shade. A good ground-cover plant. The leaves are an excellent flavouring for salads or cooked foods, or you can make a herb tea from them. You can get a red or purple dye from the flowering tops.
Oregano is used as a household medicinal herb to treat colds, digestive problems etc.
Yes Perennial to 50cm tall. Flowers mid to late Summer. Easily grown in most well-drained soils, preferring full sun but tolerating some shade. It tolerates poor soils. This is a very aromatic form of oregano, the leaves are an excellent flavouring for salads or cooked foods, or you can make a herb tea from them.