{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "oregano",
  "common_name": "Oregano",
  "botanical_name": "Origanum vulgare",
  "family": "Lamiaceae",
  "summary": "Oregano is a bushy perennial culinary herb for sunny, free-draining ground or containers, producing aromatic shoots and pollinator-friendly flowers from summer into autumn.",
  "categories": [
    "culinary herb",
    "perennial crop",
    "container crop"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "bushy clump",
    "spreading"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Herbaceous perennial",
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 6,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 8
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 6.0,
      "maximum": 7.5
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 3,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 15,
      "plants_per_container": 1
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 20,
      "maximum_cm": 30
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 0,
      "frost_tolerant": true,
      "label": "Plant",
      "note": "Plant hardened-off seedlings after the last frost into warm, sunny, free-draining ground or a container"
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "May",
        "October"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-oregano",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/herbs/oregano/grow-your-own",
      "supports": [
        "identity",
        "types",
        "sowing",
        "site",
        "spacing",
        "containers",
        "watering",
        "feeding",
        "pruning",
        "hardiness",
        "harvest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "umn-growing-herbs",
      "publisher": "University of Minnesota Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.umn.edu/gardening-minnesota/growing-herbs",
      "supports": [
        "family",
        "light",
        "soil_ph",
        "fertility",
        "harvest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ncsu-oregano",
      "publisher": "NC State Extension",
      "url": "https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/origanum-vulgare/common-name/oregano/",
      "supports": [
        "identity",
        "family",
        "lifecycle",
        "growth_habits",
        "site",
        "cultivars",
        "flowering",
        "problems"
      ]
    }
  ]
}