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.
The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest
Sowing
Transplanting
Harvest
Good neighbours
No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
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
- Bayerische Gartenakademie (LWG) – Merkblatt 2166 Kräuter zum Frischverzehr aus dem eigenen Garten (https://www.lwg.bayern.de/mam/cms06/gartenakademie/dateien/2166-2016.pdf)
- Bingenheimer Saatgut – Hauptkatalog 2025/2026 (EN) (https://info.bingenheimersaatgut.de/dateien/downloads/2025-2026_Hauptkatalog_EN_web.pdf)
Where these figures come from
- Timing
- Horticulturally established — consistent across the cited standard works.
- Spacing
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Companion planting
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Crop rotation
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Yield
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
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 · Bayerische Gartenakademie (LWG) – Merkblatt 2166 Kräuter zum Frischverzehr aus dem eigenen Garten (https://www.lwg.bayern.de/mam/cms06/gartenakademie/dateien/2166-2016.pdf) · Bingenheimer Saatgut – Hauptkatalog 2025/2026 (EN) (https://info.bingenheimersaatgut.de/dateien/downloads/2025-2026_Hauptkatalog_EN_web.pdf)
Articles about this plant
Why I only tidy up half my raised bed in October
Mr Zimmermann cut his entire raised bed down to the ground in one afternoon — stalks, seed heads, leaves, all gone. I should have warned him beforehand: not everything, only half. Here's what should stay standing and what really needs to go.
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.
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