| Sweet marjoram is a close relative of oregano, but offers a more delicate flavor to cooking. It is best used fresh at the end of preparing a dish so the flavor will be enhanced and not overpowered. Most popular in Italian tomato cooking, sweet marjoram is also tasty in Greek dishes and to flavor oil and vinegar dressings. Grows 2 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide. The wiry, red-brown stems support downy, gray-green leaves up to 1 1/4 inch long. Tiny white to pink flowers are produced in clustered spikes from late summer through fall. Grow in well-drained to dry, neutral to alkaline soil in sun. Pkt is 100 seeds. |
