Jazz Up Your Tomatoes with Aromatic, Spicy Sweetness!
Sweet Marjoram
Jazz Up Your Tomatoes with Aromatic, Spicy Sweetness!
The secret ingredient in the best spaghetti sauces!
Sweet marjoram is a close relative of oregano, but offers a more delicate flavor to cooking. It is best used fresh at the end of preparing a dish so the flavor will be enhanced and not overpowered. Most popular in Italian tomato cooking, sweet marjoram is also tasty in Greek dishes and to flavor oil and vinegar dressings.
Grows 2 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide. The wiry, red-brown stems support downy, gray-green leaves up to 1 1/4 inch long. Tiny white to pink flowers are produced in clustered spikes from late summer through fall.
Grow in well-drained to dry, neutral to alkaline soil in sun. Pkt is 100 seeds.
| Genus | Origanum |
| Species | majorana |
| Bloom Season | Early Summer - Late Summer |
| Habit | Upright |
| Plant Height | 24 in |
| Fruit Length | 1 in |
| Item Form | Seeds |
| Additional Characteristics | Direct Sow, Edible, Flower, Fragrance, Herbs |
| Bloom Color | Lavender, White |
| Bloom Season | Summer |
| Foliage Color | Light Green |
| Light Requirements | Full Sun |
| Moisture Requirements | Moist, well-drained |
| Soil Tolerance | Normal, loamy |
| Uses | Cuisine, Ornamental, Outdoor |
