Oregano

I took this shot at 7:20 pm a few minutes ago, on a cloudy day. This yellow/lime oregano brightens the garden, is good in salads, especially with tomatoes, and had no problems in our very cold (20"s) winter. Plus it takes our hot summers. It is a keeper.

Fantastic Karen. Have never seen that variety. What a vigorous plant and what a beautiful scene. I grow the ordinary Italian oregano in a pot s an annual because it is so invasive and I have very little room.

Nice healthy looking plant! I lost my golden oregano last year - it's pretty hardy stuff, but the hot dry conditions lasted long enough to kill it stone dead. Along with a hell of a lot of other herbs. I'm slowly building the herb bed back up. Variegated and fancy-foliage herbs are great decorative plants, with the added bonus of smelling good - even if you don't cook with them!

Nice healthy looking plant! I lost my golden oregano last year - it's pretty hardy stuff, but the hot dry conditions lasted long enough to kill it stone dead. Along with a hell of a lot of other herbs. I'm slowly building the herb bed back up. Variegated and fancy-foliage herbs are great decorative plants, with the added bonus of smelling good - even if you don't cook with them!

You are right about them smelling good. I love going out early in the morning, when the birds are just waking up and happy, to trim my herbs. Gene usually follows me out, telling me he'll clean up, but I know it's because he loves the wonderful smells as much as I do. I'm too lazy to dry them and feel guilty about throwing the cuttings out, but I know if I did dry them, I would have more than I could ever use. I offered to neighbors a few times, but no one seems to use herbs, much less what to do with them. Too bad. The good thing is the City has recycling of garden waste and they make great, inexpensive compost which the community can go pick up by the truck load or bucket full. They will deliver if you ask.

Yours is beautiful. Ours has dullish blueish green leaves, but spectacular purple flowers. It is also a hardy, vigorous grower. We try to give a large patch away every year, but it still threatens to take over our herb garden.