KEY
- Award of Garden Merit (RHS Award) indicating a plant that is rated excellent for garden use, of good constitution, and not requiring specialist conditions to grow well.
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- Fully hardy
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- Hardy to -5°C
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- Unlikely to withstand a frost
- T
- Tender
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- New addition to this year's catalogue.
View Family: Origanum
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vulgare Aureum Crispum
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