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Marjoram garden perennial shrub . Multiple stems (20 - 50) form a shrub 50 - 55 cm, diameter of 35 - 40 cm . Marjoram - heat-loving plant. In a culture often grown as an annual herbaceous plant . Optimumgermination temperature of 20 - 25 ° C . exacting to light . Drought-resistant, but in the early growth and development of the negative reaction to the lack of moisture . It prefers loose, well-drained fertile soil . Responsive to fertilization . It flowers in June and July, the mass flowering in early July . Sowing in April-May for seedlings or directlyground in early June . seeds, mixed with dry sand, were sown at a depth of 1 - 1.5 cm . Seedlings appear after 15 - 18 days . Plant care is reduced to thinning plants, fertilizing, loosening the soil between the rows and rows . When thinning distance between plants should be 15 - 20 cm . used as a spice .