= Water twice per month or less, once established.
= Water about once per week, once established.
= Water about twice per week, once established.
= Water three days per week, or more.
Use the plant water needs as a guideline. Actual plant water needs will vary for several reasons, including weather conditions, soil type, sun exposure, root depth, wind and elevation. Adjust your watering schedule as needed to meet the plants' needs at your site. Water recent transplants more often than established plants.
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Origanum laevigatum
low
purple
late summer
18 to 24 in.
18 to 24 in.
No
southeast Asia
sun
USDA zones 5-11
hardy to 6,500 ft.
Purple ornamental oregano is a subshrub with small, round aromatic leaves.
In late summer, it produces showy spikes of tiny pink flowers with reddish-purple bracts. The bracts last for longer than the flowers, making the plant quite eye-catching late into the growing season. This plant has good deer resistance.
Purple ornamental oregano has been a good perennial flower at the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. The reddish-purple flower spikes are strikingly beautiful. In wetter years, the stems flop outward from the center.
In early spring, cut the old growth to ground level.
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