Origanum vulgare Thumbles Variety

Name: Origanum vulgare Thumbles Variety - Origan parfumé et doré
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A dense cushion of golden leaves that transition to a light green hue in summer

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Tags: aromatique, comestible, feuillage persistant, perennial, persistant SKU: pda287 Category: Bees and Butterflies, Balcony-Friendly, Culinary, Distillations, Fragrant, Frost Hardy, Ground Cover, Medicinal

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!

👨‍🌾GARDENING TIPS👨‍🌾:

- As a perennial herb, it will generally die back in the winter but will return in the spring. The foliage may turn brown or shrivel up as temperatures drop, but the plant’s root system remains alive underground, allowing it to regenerate when warmer weather returns. In colder climates, it may lose all its leaves, while in milder areas, it might retain some greenery.
- Prune the plant in late fall or early spring to encourage healthy growth when the growing season resumes.

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) :

The Tales & The Botany: Origanum vulgare Thumbles Variety

Origanum comes from Greek “oros” (mountain) and “ganos” (joy), literally “joy of the mountain.”

In antiquity, oregano symbolized happiness and was used in bridal wreaths in Greek and Roman traditions.

The wild species, better known as Marjoram, is a fast-growing bushy perennial.

It belongs to the family of mints and sages and is commonly found in the mountainous regions of the Mediterranean Basin and temperate Asia.

As a culinary herb, Oregano evokes Mediterranean cuisine – from fresh tomato sauces to omelets, poultry, fish, vegetables… Everything really!

This variety is particularly well-known in Italy for enhancing pasta, tomato sauces, and pizzas.

Just to add an Ancient Egyptian note: Oregano was used in preparations for embalming the dead.

Like other oreganos, it is hermaphroditic and pollinated by insects, with flowers giving way to tiny nutlet fruits.

🌸 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.