Organic Marjoram - 100 seeds

🌿 Sweet Marjoram (Origanum majorana) Seeds

Grow your own Sweet Marjoram (Origanum majorana), a fragrant culinary herb prized for its delicate, sweet, and slightly floral flavor. Closely related to oregano but milder in taste, marjoram is a favorite for seasoning soups, meats, vegetables, sauces, and Mediterranean dishes. This attractive herb produces soft gray-green leaves and clusters of tiny white to pale pink flowers that attract bees and other beneficial pollinators.

Key Details:

• Botanical Name: Origanum majorana
• Common Name: Sweet Marjoram
• Type: Tender perennial herb (grown as an annual in colder climates)
• Days to Maturity: 75–90 days
• USDA Growing Zones: 3–11 (grown as an annual in Zones 3–8; perennial in Zones 9–11)
• Plant Height: 12–24 inches
• Plant Width: 12–18 inches
• Bloom Time: Summer

Features:

• Aromatic gray-green foliage with a sweet, mild flavor
• Excellent fresh or dried for culinary use
• Produces clusters of small white to pale pink flowers
• Attracts bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators
• Ideal for herb gardens, raised beds, containers, and borders
• Heat and drought tolerant once established

Growing Information:

• Prefers full sun
• Thrives in well-drained, moderately fertile soil
• Sow seeds 1/8 inch deep or lightly press onto the soil surface
• Germination typically occurs in 7–14 days at 65–75°F
• Keep the soil consistently moist until seedlings are established

Plant Care & Notes:

• Harvest leaves regularly to encourage bushy growth.
• Pinch back growing tips to produce fuller plants.
• Harvest before flowering for the strongest flavor, though the flowers are also edible.
• Protect from prolonged freezing temperatures in colder climates or grow in containers and bring indoors for winter.