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Greek - Oregano Seeds

$4.95
Open-Pollinated
Heirloom
Quick Facts
  • Warm, peppery fragrance with true Mediterranean kitchen flavor
  • A perennial herb for sunny beds and containers
  • Dry summer sprigs for winter sauces and roasted vegetables
  • 80–90 days from sowing
  • Origanum heracleoticum
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Greek oregano is the strongly aromatic oregano cooks reach for when they want true Mediterranean flavor. The low, woody plants carry small green leaves with a warm, peppery bite and a fragrance that rises from the garden on hot afternoons.

This perennial herb is well suited to sunny beds, rock gardens, and containers with good drainage. Harvest fresh sprigs through the season or dry bundles for winter jars, where the flavor deepens into the familiar note of pizza, roasted vegetables, grilled meats, and tomato sauce.

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Open-pollinated varieties for home gardens & seed saving.

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Oregano Growing Basics

Oregano has been grown around the Mediterranean for centuries, valued for its warm, savory fragrance and its place in sauces, roasted vegetables, breads, meats, cheeses, and herb blends. Its flavor deepens in sun and dry weather, carrying the character of rocky hillsides and kitchen gardens into everyday cooking.

In the garden, oregano forms a low, spreading perennial mound with small leaves and clusters of pale flowers. It fits easily into herb beds, containers, borders, and pollinator plantings, where the blooms draw bees and beneficial insects through summer.

Start oregano indoors about 8–10 weeks before the expected last spring frost, or direct sow after the soil has warmed.

Transplant after severe frost has passed and plants are well rooted. Established oregano is perennial where winter conditions suit it.

Sow the tiny seeds on the surface of moist seed-starting mix and cover only barely. Keep evenly moist until germination, which may take one to three weeks.

Provide bright light and good airflow. Transplant after hardening, spacing plants about 12–18 inches apart.

Choose full sun and well-drained soil. Oregano grows best in moderate to lean conditions and often develops stronger flavor without heavy feeding.

Water regularly while plants establish, then allow the soil surface to dry slightly between waterings. Trim after flowering to keep plants compact and encourage fresh leaves.

Oregano flowers attract bees, hoverflies, and parasitic wasps, making the herb useful along vegetable-bed edges and in mixed pollinator plantings.

Begin cutting once plants are established. Harvest stems just above a leaf pair, preferably before or as flowers begin to open.

Use fresh or dry small bundles in a shaded, airy place. Dried oregano often develops a stronger flavor than fresh leaves.

Full Oregano Growing Guide