Description
Sweet Marjoram
Origanum majorana. With a mild flavour it is delicious in stuffings, soups, stews, omelettes, cheese dishes, fish sauces, and salads. Sprinkle over pork, before roasting or add to melted butter to garnish vegetables. Recommended by herbalists to lower high blood pressure and combat headaches, and neuralgia. Most often grown as annuals, given that they resent winter wet and are half hardy.
Grow in a sunny position. It will reach a height of 25cm and a spread of 30cm.