Plant ID

[TheGirlWithGlassFeet]

Does anyone know what this plant is? It's part of a herb garden so I assume it is some kind of herb. It smells lovely! Thanks

Looks like oregano to me.

Could be Marjoram, if so it spreads all over.

Looks like basil to me 💚

Golden Oregano.

Yes, golden oregano/marjoram. Not basil. The leaves are soft and matte, as fo marjoram, not thin and shiny like basil leaves. Basil won't survive our winters (it's a tropical plant not a mediterranean herb) so won't be in a herb garden at that size at this time of year.

Thanks everybody. I'm sure that is right. It has spread over a large area so I'm pulling a bit up to stop it taking over. Thanks

The nice thing about 'weeding' herbs when you get too much of them is you can eat them. I'd be making a batch of tomato sauce if I had excess oregano, golden or otherwise.

(Except I cant work out what to do with large quantities of lemon balm - love the scent but never worked out if there's something I can put it in)

As others have said it's golden oregano. Mine has also done really well this year and I keep trying to think of different ways to use it.

Definitely oregano.

You can make tea with lemon balm errol

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I make Oregano pesto with mine.

I once had an oregano about 12 years ago.

I let it flower and 3 years later I had 100 oreganos. the next year I had so many I couldn't count.

I used to dig them out and pot them on to give away, to sell, I used them for teaching, I ate them, I composted them and still they kept coming.

Two summers ago I decided that I would have none in the garden and only keep them in pots near the house. I would go out to my garden, fill the wheely bin with them, fortnight after fortnight and I still have them growing in the garden. Now they have worked out what I am doing, they are growing in the lawn path, which I don't mind as it gets mowed regularly.

As soon as the wonderful flowers fade, chop them back to the ground otherwise you will be digging them out forever.