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The Garden of God is a romance novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, first published in 1923. It is the first sequel to his best-selling novel The Blue Lagoon (1908) and continued (and concluded) with The Gates of Morning (1925). The Garden of God was adapted into the film Return to the Blue Lagoon, released in 1991.
The genus includes the important group of culinary herbs: marjoram (Origanum majorana) and oregano (Origanum vulgare). [7] [8] With their decorative bracts, Origanum species and cultivars are used as ornamental plants in the garden. The cultivars 'Kent Beauty' [9] and 'Rosenkuppel' [10] have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of ...
Overlapping pink to pale green hop-like bracts droop from the ends of wiry stems, hence the common name of hopflower oregano. Small rose-pink flowers stem from under the bracts. [ 5 ] By the end of the flowering season, the flowers dry out and become papery and brown. [ 3 ]
Oregano is related to the herb marjoram, sometimes being referred to as wild marjoram. It has purple, pink or white flowers, [6] and spade-shaped, olive-green leaves. It is a perennial, [7] [8] although it is grown as an annual in colder climates, as it often does not survive the winter.
Pot marjoram or Cretan oregano has similar uses to marjoram. Hardy marjoram or French/ Italian/ Sicilian marjoram (O. × majoricum), a cross of marjoram with oregano, is much more resistant to cold, but is slightly less sweet. [16] O. × hybridum is known as showy marjoram or showy oregano.
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Origanum rotundifolium, the round-leaved oregano, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, [1] native to Turkey, Armenia and Georgia.It is a small woody-based perennial or subshrub growing to 10–30 cm (4–12 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, with strongly aromatic leaves, and loose clusters of pink flowers with hop-like pale green bracts, throughout the summer.
Origanum onites, the Cretan oregano, [citation needed] Greek oregano, [2] pot marjoram [2] or Ellinikí rίgani in Greek (Ελληνική ρίγανη), is a plant species in the genus Origanum found in Sicily, Greece and Turkey. [3] It has similar flavors as common oregano.It has antimicrobial activities. [4]