Name: Origanum vulgare 'Thumbles Variety' - Oregano Herb
Brand: Origanum
SKU: pda287
Price: 5.9 EUR
Availability: InStock

Origanum vulgare Thumbles Variety

€5,90

Origanum vulgare Thumbles Variety

€5,90

pda287

Organic

Sustainable

Locally grown

Origanum vulgare 'Thumbles Variety' is a culinary perennial herb that forms a dense cushion of golden leaves that slowly turn light green in the summer.

In spring, its leaves emerge in a vivid yellow hue that gradually softens to light green in summer, creating a luminous groundcover effect.

The plant produces small, soft pink to purple flowers in summer, which are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

This variety spreads gently through creeping stems that root as they touch the soil, forming low mats ideal for borders, rock gardens, and containers.

Check out our pre-planted garden boxes, the Jardin Autonome if you're curious about having aromatic plants inside but fear that watering them is not your strong suit!

Learn more about gardening with Oregano:

- FR: Origan - de la plantation à la récolte des feuilles
- ENG: How to Grow Oregano

Learn more about cooking with Oregano (from the wonderful Everyday French chef, Meg Bortin) :

Flower Color: Pink

🪴9x9 cm

🚂 Ships across EU

🌱 Grown in our nursery

€5,90

Floral Morphology : Origanum vulgare Thumbles Variety

Oregano (Origanum vulgare) belongs to the Lamiaceae family. This is the Mint Family - full of Menthe Chartreuse, Menthe suaveolens Calixte, Monarda didyma - as are the Lavenders!

Its flowers are bilabiate (two-lipped), small, and arranged in dense, terminal spike-like clusters.

Petals are typically pink to purple, sometimes white, and fused into a short corolla tube. Sepals are persistent, often tinged reddish-purple, giving the inflorescence a colorful, papery bract-like appearance.

Leaves are opposite, ovate, and aromatic, covered in glandular trichomes that secrete essential oils responsible for the pungent, resinous scent.

Reproductive Biology

Flowers are hermaphroditic, containing both stamens and pistils, and are highly attractive to bees and pollinators thanks to their nectar.

Cross-pollination by insects is the primary mode, though self-pollination can occur.

Fruits are small, four-parted schizocarps that separate into tiny nutlets, allowing efficient seed dispersal. Oregano also spreads vegetatively by rhizomes, forming expanding mats of growth.

Ecology & Adaptations

Native to Europe and western Asia, oregano thrives in Mediterranean climates, favoring well-drained soils and full sun.

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