Oregano 'Hot & Spicy'

Grown in Western Pennsylvania in well drained soil, sunny location.

My spicy oregano was planted in two bright sunny spots last year, in Omaha, Nebraska; the kind of spots where echinacea, coreopsis, poten...Read Moretilla, and sedum grow well. It's also been heavily mulched, about 3-4" of mulch in a raised bed with excellent drainage. We'll see if it comes back this year. As of mid-January, though, the more heavily mulched of the two still showed green leaves poked down in the middle of the plant, so I have high hopes! I've not been able to find this cultivar in seed form, only in plant form.

I do like this plant! Gives me tons of fresh oregano for cooking. It does well in a container on my deck even in the humid heat of an Aug...Read Moreusta Georgia summer. I just water it every few days and feed it about once a month.
I have so much in fact that I'm hoping to dry it out to save through the winter. Any tips? I've never dried out herbs.

Purchased a plant from a local nursery last year. It has more than trippled in size! I believe it is hardy past zone 7 though, I live in ...Read Morenorthern Oklahoma (zone 6b) and it survived without mulching. It made it through the record setting -28 temperature we had, but it was covered with almost 18 inches of snow. Foliage seemed to be evergreen as well. Fantastic flavor, quite a zing!