Mint or Oregano??

Chimera

Ok.. apologies... I might sound a bit thick, but.. I planted a herb hanging basket last summer..

I has parsley, mint, chives, oregano.. I've taken out the parsley and mint, so thought I was just left with chives and oregano.. planted some thyme, and looks like it will be pretty..

Now I've looked at what I thought was the oregano and some of it smells of mint, but some of it doesn't???!! Have I created a strange hybrid? IT all looks the same apart from one bit which is quite definitely mint!!
Thinking I should just rip it all out and start again..

SallyForth_2

In your second picture there is definately a sprig of mint in amoungst what looks like oregano - look carefully the leaves are different.

Primrose

Yes, there is definitely one sprig of mint amongst your orgegano, immediately to the right of the front sprig of oregano in your second photo.
Oregano can spread out quite quickly, and mint roots can also spread. You might want to carefully dig out your root of mint and put it in a separate pot then they'll both have room to thrive.

Grimbal

could be wrong here, but I vaguely remember that oregano has a fuzzy stem & mint doesn't. So looks like you have one heroic sprig of mint amidst your oregano

Chimera

I have it sprouting up in my chives in another planter too.. lol.. blooming mint!! Was only supposed to last a year, but as the hanging basket survived winter, am reusing.. From now on, Mint stays in a pot on it's own!!
Glad that it is oregano though.. Thanks everyone for your help

Grimbal

Chimera wrote: »

From now on, Mint stays in a pot on it's own!!
Glad that it is oregano though.. Thanks everyone for your help

absolutely - and another word of advice: don't put it in a pot with holes in the bottom which you then place onto soil/grass. Its roots will find their way out of the bottom of the pot and into the soil ! I learned the hard way after 20 mins of
hauling of a well-embedded pot !

Chimera

Grimbal wrote: »

absolutely - and another word of advice: don't put it in a pot with holes in the bottom which you then place onto soil/grass. Its roots will find their way out of the bottom of the pot and into the soil ! I learned the hard way after 20 mins of
hauling of a well-embedded pot !

Thanking you muchly for this word of advice.. think it shall be living on the wall/kennel then .. All good - will be going mint hunting this week, checking it hasn't popped up anywhere else

wayne1983

Grimbal wrote: »

absolutely - and another word of advice: don't put it in a pot with holes in the bottom which you then place onto soil/grass. Its roots will find their way out of the bottom of the pot and into the soil ! I learned the hard way after 20 mins of
hauling of a well-embedded pot !

Im growing many different herbs, and all of them are going in their own pots, especially the mint otherwise it takes over!:rotfl:

Genuisscuffy

I do a community garden and the kids call oregano the "pizza bush" as it smells of pizza!!!