Planting guide

When to plant marjoram

Sweeter and gentler than oregano; lovely with vegetables, chicken and eggs. In Melbourne, sow seeds indoors Feb, Mar, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and plant out Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

Start as: Seeds indoors, 6 wks before planting out
Ready in: 9–13 wks
Spacing: 25 cm
Depth: 0.2 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Low
Effort: Easy
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means marjoram can be planted out as seedlings that month, ○ means wait. Sow the seeds indoors about 6 weeks earlier. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Melbourne	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Brisbane	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Perth	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Adelaide	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Gold Coast	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Newcastle	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Sunshine Coast	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Canberra	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Central Coast	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Geelong	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Wollongong	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Hobart	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Townsville	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Darwin	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mandurah	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Bendigo	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Launceston	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mackay	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Rockhampton	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Blue Mountains	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bunbury	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Bundaberg	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Mildura	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Port Macquarie	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Wellington	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Christchurch	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
London	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Manchester	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	○	○
Chicago	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Austin	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	○	○
Toronto	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Johannesburg	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Singapore	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Mumbai	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Paris	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant marjoram

Press seed onto the soil surface, or plant seedlings once the weather warms.
Water only when the soil is dry.
Pick sprigs before it flowers for the best flavour.
Protect from hard frost; it can die back in cold winters.

Marjoram varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Sweet Marjoram Classicpot-friendly · mild · 9–13 wksDelicate, sweet flavour for cooking
French Marjoram Classicpot-friendly · 9–13 wksCompact bushy plant with fine flavour
Pot Marjoram Adventurousheirloom · cold-hardy · 9–13 wksHardier, slightly stronger perennial marjoram

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