Italian Oregano, Hardy Marjoram (Origanum x majoricum)

Italian oregano (marjoram) flowers. Green "bracts" surrounding white flowers are larger/plumper than on greek oregano. :)

by PurplePansies Jul 6, 2005 10:28 PM

Italian (marjoram) oregano just bursting into bloom. It is easy to tell it from Greek oregano because the leaves are slightly longer and the color is more true/yellow green less blue green.

by PurplePansies Jul 7, 2005 10:28 PM

Italian oregano has interesting hop like bracts that are most prominent here at the end of flowering:

by JerseyGardener1 Aug 11, 2005 11:01 PM

Oregano flowers June 2006

by ladyannne Jul 1, 2006 10:33 PM