Marjoram

Introduction ************** Marjoram is one of those herbs I always have lurking at the back of my cupboard for tossing into a recipe to give it a bit more flavour. It’s very commonly used in Italian recipes, and also a lot of French cookery, but it’s really very versatile and can be used to add taste to a wide variety of foods, and works especially well in meat dishes. Marjoram’s Plant Family ************************** Marjoram (Origanum majorana) is part of the Lamiaceae group of plants, which also includes lavender, Basil, Rosemary, and Mint, to name but a few. It’s a very large family of plants with around 3500 different ...  Read the complete review

Marjoram is also known as Oregano ***The Plant*** The herb originally comes from the Mediterranean regions, but a native species can be found all over the world, but known under a different name. An example for you is Marjoram- Origanum vulgare is known in Britain as wild Marjoram, but in the Mediterranean it is known as Oregano! The Roman introduced the herb Oregano to Britain and the rest of Europe where it became known as Marjoram. So Oregano and Marjoram are the same herb, but with slightly different flowers and leaves, but similar in smell. There is a story behind Marjoram not a lot of people may know ...  Read the complete review

Marvellous marjoram oregano Marjoram grows freely in my garden. Too freely sometimes I am often pulling up stray seedlings everywhere I usually pot them up and give them away. Origanum has many different species, Origanum marjorana (sweet marjoram) Origanum onites (pot marjoram) Oreganum vulgare (oregano) Oreganum dictamus (hop marjoram) I think I must have at least two of these in my garden. I have a small herb garden and they grow officially there but I have escapes in the flower borders and my wild meadow (lawn) Marjoram has small white or pale pink flowers. Grows to the height of up to 2 foot 60 cms depending on the species. Oreganum ...  Read the complete review