Oregano, Greek
Origanum heracleoticum
Family: Lamiaceae
Herbaceous perennial. Native to Greece. This is the most prized medicinal
and culinary Oregano cultivar, which makes an invariably spicy and aromatic
herb due to the high percentage of thymol. The dried leaf and flower
bract are used to spice pizza and employed medicinally for their disinfectant,
antioxidant, preservative, anthelmintic and antifungal effects. Cultivation:
Easy. Sow seed on surface of soil in greenhouse in early spring.
Transplant out to the garden after the second set of true leaves forms.
Plant 1 to 2 feet apart. Flowers to between 12 and 18 inches.
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