«Bell» - Organic Marjoram Seeds
1.14 €
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.
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Organic Marjoram «Bell»
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.
How to Grow
Although marjoram plants are tender perennials, they are typically treated as annuals as freezing temperatures will cause serious injury or death to the plants. When growing marjoram plants, it’s generally best to start the seeds indoors during late winter or early spring. Push seeds just below the soil surface. Seedlings can be transplanted outdoors once all threat of frost has passed. Marjoram should be located in areas receiving full sun with light, well-drained soil. Likewise, marjoram plants can be grown in containers indoors and treated as houseplants.