Zaatar (Origanum syriacum), packet of 50 seeds, organic
$4.95
Family: Mint (Lamiaceae)
Hardy to Zones 8 to 12. May be grown as an annual, 90 days to harvest.
(Wild Middle-Eastern Oregano, Ezov, Majorana syriaca) Evergreen perennial native to the Middle East. This is a spicy smelling and tasting oregano-like herb that is the keystone herb in the condiment “Zaatar or Zaatari,” which is used quite frequently by people living in the Middle East. You mix the dried and powdered herb with various other ingredients–garlic, salt, olive oil, crushed sumac seeds, etc and use it on bread. Quite delicious and habit forming in a good way. Plant prefers full sun and sandy, fast-draining soil. Makes an abundant crop of leaves and flower bracts in the first growing season. Standard culture–barely cover seeds with a fast-draining mix and keep moist, very warm and in the light until germination. Very good gardeners will be able to direct-seed them in a prepared seedbed. The rest of us will start them in greenhouse or windowsill, grow them on in pots and place to garden 1 foot apart once the soil has really warmed up. The plants are small but potent.
50 Seeds/pkt., Certified Organically Grown
In stock
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Carolyn M –
Hello! Could this be overwintered indoors in NM zone 7b? Or are there sufficient seeds that it reseeds readily?
Thank you!
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Richo Cech –
Hi Carolyn,
Thanks for contacting. Zaatar does not readily self-seed. The plant is relatively friendly to pots and can be grown as a potted perennial brought indoors for the winter. We grow it as an annual and get good yields that way, It is reluctant to make seeds and needs a long season for seed production. Greek Oregano (Origanum heracleoticum) is a much more frost hardy perennial with similar taste and medicinal applications. Richo
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Diana Hasna (verified owner) –
I bought the seeds and planted and it looks like grass coming up. Will it change to look like the photo?
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Richo Cech –
hi diana, the zaatar seedlings are there under the grass. pull out the grass so that the zaatar has room to grow. r
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JJ –
Can you ship to Costa Rica?
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Richo Cech –
Hello JJ, Thanks for writing. If you can order, we will send seeds, books and things only–not plants or rootstock. Honestly no guarantee of receipt. All the best, richo
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