Our "Edibles" #19: Is It Oregano?

I’m so NO help with this one MsDeb … sorry …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

well, that just makes two of us, then, doesn’t it!!!
:)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Not sure at all.

Did you try the crush and sniff test?

-- Earth laughs in flowers - Ralph Waldo Emerson

crush and sniff. it may be oregano, but it looks like catnip

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

I’m going to side with dini on this one.. Seems more like a catnip than oregano. Scratch and sniff.. Oregano is one of those which have a stronger sent so it’s easy to pick out.

From what I recall however, oregano has smooth leaves which are tightly placed.

You’ve got a cat, right? if it’s catnip, crush a leaf and put it under your cats nose.. See what happens.. ;)

None of our cats like catnip though.. :p

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

It doesn’t look like any kind of oregano I have ever seen!
Catnip is a good guess, another one might be lemon balm?

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

not lemon balm.

I like the cat test.. I’ll give it a try. The plant has been here for a couple days and the cat hasn’t knocked it off the table yet trying to get at it.. so maybe it’s none of the above.
I’ve done the crush and smell but that didn’t do me any good. lol

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

cat curled up her nose and tried to ignore it.
The leave is a little thick and fuzzy.
Perhaps it’s just a big weed.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Lot of cats will ignore fresh ’ nip, even while dried sends ‘em squirrelly. Try drying a few of the leaves, then crush, sniff and cat-test again, lol. Definitely does look like a member of the mints , though.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Could have been Cuban “O”

Theres is no way to tell unless you wrap a lamb chop in it an send it to me overnight!

Bob

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

hey
. that looks familiar!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)