Sweet marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Sweet marjoram: Oval gray green leaves on 1- to 2-foot-tall plants. Milder and more floral than oregano. Perennial in zones 8-24; annual elsewhere.
How to Grow Sweet Marjoram
Perennial, Marjorana Hortensis
You may recognize Marjoram as a common herb in French cooking. While the Italians have their Oregano, the French prefer the sweeter Marjoram leaves.
Sweet marjoram is great in the garden, containers and hanging baskets - even on your kitchen widow sill.
Description
Sweet marjoram is a bushy half-hardy perennial sub-shrub that is often grown as an annual. Origanum majorana is 1-2 ft (0.3-0.
or sweet marjoram(mär´jrm), Old World perennial aromatic herb (Marjorana hortensis) of the family Labiatae ( family), cultivated in gardens for flavoring.
Use
Sweet marjoram leaves, fresh or dried, can be used as a flavoring in cooking. The oil derived from the leaves is used in making perfume.
Oregano (Wild marjoram) (Origanum vulgare) ...
Sweet Marjoram [English]: Origanum majorana
Sweet Marjorie Hosta [English]: Hosta 'Sweet Marjorie'
Sweet Melon [English]: Cucumis melo
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Sweet marjoram is a tender perennial that rarely survives even mild winters, so seeds or cuttings must be started each year.
About This Plant
Marjoram will grow in an upright bush form up to 2 feet tall.
All in all it would seem that oregano may prove an easier herb for the home gardener than sweet marjoram.
Divide hardy herbs such as sweet marjoram, oregano, mint and thyme in spring or after flowering in late summer.
More information can be found on our page for propagating herbs.
In the 17th century, Izaak Walton gave a recipe for roast stuffed pike that called for sweet marjoram, pickled oysters, mace, claret wine, and anchovies. The result, he claimed, was "too good for any but anglers and honest men."
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Other species of Origanum also used as herbs include Origanum majorana (sweet marjoram), Origanum onites and Origanum syriacum (za'atar, the hyssop of the Bible).
Millennium Seed Bank: Seed storage ...
Origanum laevigatum (Purple Origano, Ornamental Origano)
Origanum majorana (Sweet Marjoram)
Origanum onites (Pot Marjoram)
Origanum syriacum (Bible Hyssop, Syrian Oregano)
Origanum vulgare (Oregano, Wild Marjoram, Greek Oregano) ...
If unavailable, the West Asian marjoram is best substituted not by European sweet marjoram, but by a preferably mild type of thyme or savory.
Marjorams are some of the most familiar of our kitchen herbs, and are cultivated for the use of their aromatic leaves, either in a green or dried state, for flavouring and other culinary purposes, being mainly put into stuffings. Sweet Marjoram ...
Italian oregano (Origanum X majoricum) is a hybrid resulting from crossing oregano and sweet marjoram (O. majorana), and combines the pungency of Greek oregano with the sweetness of marjoram.
Sweet Marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Sweet Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii)
Sweet Mock Orange (Philadelphus x lemoinei 'Belle Etoile')
Sweet Mock Orange (Philadelphus virginalis)
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 See also: Marjoram, Oregano, Origanum, Green, Thyme
  
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