Botanical Name: Origanum rotundifolium 'Kent Beauty'
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Common Name: Kent Beauty Oregano  
Plant photo of: Origanum rotundifolium 'Kent Beauty'
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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Green, Pink, White, Multi-Colored

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Blue Green, Grey Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: wrong photo?
  • Description

  • Notes

'Kent Beauty' is a hybrid oregano grown for its attractive flowers, rather than for its culinary qualities. It is a bushy, trailing plant that grows to about 10 inches tall and maybe a foot wide, with wiry stems that are covered in small, oval, silver-veined, slightly hairy leaves. the flowers appear in mid-summer, and are drooping, lantern-like bracts that are tinged in pink. Very effective when planted where its trailing qualities are well shown. Subtle but very distinctive. Barney Barnett of Willard Bay Gardens says these are a group of perennials that he just can't do without!