Mexican Oregano

Last year, I was complaining about my Mexican oregano plants being scrawny and unhappy. So I followed everyone's advice and trimmed them back pretty hard.

They are looking full and beautiful now. This is one of those plants that everyone should have. It grows really well, forms a nice dense low shrub, has beautiful purple-pink flowers on and off all year, and has both leaves and flowers that can be used in cooking. Really amazing. I think I'll plant 4,000 more in my yard. Yep, 4,000.

There's a little spot on the newish back berm/dry creekbed that is really starting to come along. I transplanted two yellow lantanas from the front, a few volunteer Mexican feathergrass plants, and a Mexican mint marigold (which has a natural fantastic globe shape) to this space. I filled some of the spaces with purple coneflower and black-eyed susans, Rudbeckia hirta 'Irish Eyes' (or maybe 'Green Eyes').

Here's a view looking toward the creek with Digging Pam's yellow-striped agave and a very tiny mandarin orange tree growing in the background.

Here's a view the other direction, looking toward the peach tree and mint garden. From this angle, you can also see the Indigo Spires sage blooming strong. The bees love that stuff.