Herbs · Perennial
Oregano
Lamiaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 30 cm
- USDA zones
- 5a–10b
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 8 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- sandyAlso okay:loamyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- very free-drainingAlso okay:normal
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Oregano self-spreads — plant it at the edge or it takes over. Sun, lean soil, no compost. Dry in late summer — that's when the aroma is most intense.
Sowing
Transplanting
Harvest
Good neighbours
No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
Articles about this plant
Drying herbs in September: what works — and what doesn't
September is the last big window for thyme, oregano and rosemary. Dry them now and you'll have aromatic herbs from your own bed all winter. Wait too long and you're left with compost.
Harvesting herbs the right way: cut, don't pluck — then they keep coming all summer
Basil that's bare after three weeks. Parsley that won't come back. Usually it isn't the plant, but the way it's harvested. The difference is a single cut.
Products mentioned in this post
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- Organic vegetable seed set, 10 varietiesCucumber, tomato, beetroot, broccoli, carrot, chard & more.