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Feb 25, 2014 2:00 PM CST
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Name: Terri Hamilton
Rockford, Illinois (Zone 5b)
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2 years ago I bought an oregano plant from Lowe's. The tag is long gone, but I think it was vulgaris?

Anyway, I read somewhere that the kind I had purchased was no good for culinary uses, so I have never bothered to harvest from it, and figured one of these days I'd dig it out & put something else there. But what do you all think?
My blog, which occasionally talks about gardening: http://holity.blogspot.com/
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Feb 25, 2014 2:49 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Terri Hamilton
Rockford, Illinois (Zone 5b)
Butterflies Cat Lover Composter Organic Gardener Garden Ideas: Level 1
P.S. I found this statement in the Wikipedia article for oregano:

"Simple oregano sold in garden stores as Origanum vulgare may have a bland taste and larger, less dense leaves, and is not considered the best for culinary uses, with a taste less remarkable and pungent. It can pollinate other more sophisticated strains, but the offspring are rarely better in quality."
My blog, which occasionally talks about gardening: http://holity.blogspot.com/
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Feb 26, 2014 9:59 AM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
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Right, the ornamental oregano as opposed to culinary oregano. The ornamental can be very lovely and also some are stepables (tough plants for walking on). They both have their uses.
I garden for the pollinators.
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