Origanum marjorana
Common name: sweet marjoram
This wonderful fragrant and edible Mediterranean herb has a mild citrus flavour and is fantastic when roasted with sweet potatoes! It is used extensively in Mediterranean cooking and savoury dishes.
“Use 4 – 5 sweet potatoes, wash well and chop into bite sized chunks Toss potatoes in 50ml olive oil and 25ml chopped fresh sweet Marjoram leaves. Roast at 180° for 45 min until gold and crisp”
Sweet marjoram is a perennial with small greenish grey oval leaves that reaches a height of 45cm. It grows in the full sun in most soils. Be sure not to overwater as marjoram enjoys a slightly drier climate. Origanum marjorana forms a low growing spreading bush that lasts for many years. It can be planted in a container or used as a small shrub in the garden. Knot like white flowers appear in late summer and these flowers are loved by the bees. To encourage new growth it is best to trim some of the buds or flowers off.
It is best to cover and use mulch for this pant in frost prone areas.
Medicinally, Sweet marjoram is used extensively. It is known as a natural disinfectant; it is anti-fungal and anti-bacterial and has also been used for bruising, flatulence and anxiety.
Eastern Cape Stockists:
Floradale Nursery – Port Elizabeth
Builders Express East London
Builders Express – Jeffreys Bay
Builders Express – Newton Park
Builders Express – Uitenhage
Builders Warehouse – Port Elizabeth
Free State Stockists:
Alma Kwekery – Welkom
Bruwer Kwekery – Bloemfontein
Builders Warehouse Bloemfontein
Greenside Kwekery – Bloemfontein
Urth Garden Centre – Bloemfontein
Gauteng Stockists:
Colourful Splendour – Craighall Park
Garden Pavilion – Eckards
Garden Pavilion – Sunkist
Plant Paradise Garden Centre – Pretoria
Safari Tuinsentrum – Pretoria
Schaffler’s Nursery – Johannesburg
Limpopo Stockists:
Mpumalanga Stockists:
North West Stockists:
Western Cape Stockists:
Cape Garden – Joostenbergvlakte
Cape Garden – Somerset West
Cape Garden – Stellenbosch
Starke Ayres Garden Centre – Rosebank
Starke Ayres Garden Centre – West Coast Village
Stodels – Bellville
Stodels – Constantia
Stodels – Kenilworth
Stodels – Milnerton
Stodels – Somerset West
Builders Express – Kenilworth
Builders Express – Knysna
Builders Express – Stellenbosch
Builders Express – Willowbridge
Builders Warehouse – Cape Gate
Builders Warehouse – City
Builders Warehouse – Constantiaberg
Builders Warehouse – George
Builders Warehouse – Helderberg
Builders Warehouse – Table View
Builders Warehouse – Tygerberg
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