Origanum 'Amethyst Falls'
Ornamental oregano 'Amethyst Falls', Origanum rotundifolium 'Amethyst Falls', Ornamental marjoram 'Amethyst Falls'
Origanum Origanum
'Amethyst Falls' _ 'Amethyst Falls' is a trailing, semi-evergreen subshrub with rounded, aromatic, grey-green leaves and, from summer into autumn, pendent whorls of small, tubular, violet to purple-pink flowers surrounded by prominent, rounded, light green bracts turning pink with age.
Origanum 'Amethyst Falls' is: Semi evergreen
Foliage is aromatic.
Trailing
Violet, Purple-pink, Light green, Flushed pink in Summer; Flushed pink, Violet, Purple-pink, Grey-green in Autumn
Grey-green in All seasons
Generally pest-free.
Leafhoppers Leafhoppers
Generally disease-free.
Cut back spent flower stems in early spring.
Basal cuttings, Division
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Origanum 'Amethyst Falls' (Ornamental oregano 'Amethyst Falls') will reach a height of 0.6m and a spread of 0.6m after 2-5 years.
Add to salads, Beds and borders, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Flavouring food and drinks, Mediterranean, Rock, Wildflower, Wildlife
Grow in moderately fertile to poor, well-drained, preferably alkaline soil in full sun. Dislikes winter wet. Foliage is aromatic but not of the pungency of culinary oreganos.
Chalky
Well-drained
Alkaline
Full Sun
South
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Origanum 'Amethyst Falls'
Ornamental oregano 'Amethyst Falls', Origanum rotundifolium 'Amethyst Falls', Ornamental marjoram 'Amethyst Falls'
Origanum Origanum
'Amethyst Falls' _ 'Amethyst Falls' is a trailing, semi-evergreen subshrub with rounded, aromatic, grey-green leaves and, from summer into autumn, pendent whorls of small, tubular, violet to purple-pink flowers surrounded by prominent, rounded, light green bracts turning pink with age.
Garden origin
Semi evergreen
Foliage is aromatic.
Trailing
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Violet, Purple-pink, Light green, Flushed pink in Summer; Flushed pink, Violet, Purple-pink, Grey-green in Autumn
Grey-green in All seasons
Generally pest-free.
Generally disease-free.
Cut back spent flower stems in early spring.
Basal cuttings, Division
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Origanum 'Amethyst Falls' (Ornamental oregano 'Amethyst Falls') will reach a height of 0.6m and a spread of 0.6m after 2-5 years.
Add to salads, Beds and borders, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Flavouring food and drinks, Mediterranean, Rock, Wildflower, Wildlife
Grow in moderately fertile to poor, well-drained, preferably alkaline soil in full sun. Dislikes winter wet. Foliage is aromatic but not of the pungency of culinary oreganos.
Chalky
Well-drained
Alkaline
Full Sun
South
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6, Zone 5
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