This is my all time go to for enhancing any dish. I use it in Tomato sauces, when roasting porkm stews, you name it. It's potent one leaf will be more than enough. You will find the variegated version of Cuban Oregano to be pretty, practical, and tasty in the kitchen! Certainly, a beautiful plant; it is an herb in the Lamiaceae family, (that’s mint) so expect it to be fuzzy-leafed, aromatic, and semi-succulent. The plant is perennial in zones 10-11; treat it as an annual in colder climates with the bonus that it is shamefully easy to grow from cuttings to use indoors all winter. Tasty in the kitchen, it is useful in soups, sauces, marinades, and other dishes. If that’s not enough, it will discourage marauding rabbits and deer in the garden and is not appreciated by mosquitoes!