Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 15 JuneHot & Spicy oregano on 18 June, its leaf pairs set crosswise to the pair below and crowded into little four-leaved rosettes at every shoot tip, matted white-hairy to a gray-green bloom, its wiry red stems arching off the bench in weak angled light.Week of 24 AugustHot & Spicy oregano on 26 August, a dense low mat of small round gray-green leaves, thickly furred and set in opposite pairs along fine wiry red stems, spilling out over the white rim of its pot.Week of 31 AugustHot & Spicy oregano on 3 September, a low mound of small rounded fuzzy leaves in opposite pairs on thin reddish stems, spread wide enough now to fill its pot to the rim and out over it, standing on wet grass.