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.
This plant (a tender perennial, but grown as an annual for best flavor) reaches about 2 feet tall and 1½ feet wide. The wiry, red-brown stems support downy, gray-green leaves up to 1¼-inch long. Tiny white to pink flowers are produced in clustered spikes from late summer through fall.
Start the seeds indoors. Germination takes about 7 to 14 days, and the seedlings are ready to be transplanted into their final container or the sunny garden when they have at least 2 sets of true leaves. Best in well-drained to dry, neutral to alkaline soil. Pkt is 100 seeds.
A close relative of Oregano, plants could be mistaken for such in appearance and flavor. Plants grow 12-24 inches tall and spread 12-24 inches wide. White or pink flowers appear in mid-summer to mid-autumn. Round, downy, gray-green leaves are attached to wiry, red-brown stems. The edible leaves are reminiscent of Oregano, but are slightly sweeter and more delicate in flavor. Pick leaves at any time for fresh use. Harvest just before flowering when they are to be dried and stored. Take only 1/3 of the growth as plants resent drastic pruning
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
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.
This plant (a tender perennial, but grown as an annual for best flavor) reaches about 2 feet tall and 1½ feet wide. The wiry, red-brown stems support downy, gray-green leaves up to 1¼-inch long. Tiny white to pink flowers are produced in clustered spikes from late summer through fall.
Start the seeds indoors. Germination takes about 7 to 14 days, and the seedlings are ready to be transplanted into their final container or the sunny garden when they have at least 2 sets of true leaves. Best in well-drained to dry, neutral to alkaline soil. Pkt is 100 seeds.
A close relative of Oregano, plants could be mistaken for such in appearance and flavor. Plants grow 12-24 inches tall and spread 12-24 inches wide. White or pink flowers appear in mid-summer to mid-autumn. Round, downy, gray-green leaves are attached to wiry, red-brown stems. The edible leaves are reminiscent of Oregano, but are slightly sweeter and more delicate in flavor. Pick leaves at any time for fresh use. Harvest just before flowering when they are to be dried and stored. Take only 1/3 of the growth as plants resent drastic pruning
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.