Description
Savory is primarily a culinary herb used in many dishes, including lentils, beans, chicken and beef soups, eggplant, stuffings, sausage, sauerkraut, liver, and fish. Fresh savory also adds a delightful flavor to salads, is an important component of Herbes de Provence (see recipe inside packet to make your own mix), and is used in tea to soothe a sore throat and upset stomach. Attractive, 18" tall, fast-maturing plant has flowers ranging in color from white to lavender, that attracts bees.
Variety Info
- Family: Laminaceae
- Native:
Turkey and Europe
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: M edium (12" - 24")
- Variety Info: Highly aromatic 1" long, slender leaves on fine, hairy stems. White to lavender flowers appear from midsummer to fall. Leaves turn purplish in late summer.
- Attributes: Attracts Pollinators, Good for Containers
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 60°F.
- When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date. Ideal soil temperature is 75°–85°F.
- Days to Emerge: 10–15 days
- Seed Depth: Surface
- Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 6"–12"
- Thinning: When 1" tall, thin to 1 every 6"–12"
Growing Info
- Harvesting: Snip fresh sprigs as needed, harvesting up to 1/3 of the plant at a time, leaving 2/3 of the plant for fast regrowth. Flavor is the best prior to flowering; snip tops as flower buds appear if desired.
Description
Savory is primarily a culinary herb used in many dishes, including lentils, beans, chicken and beef soups, eggplant, stuffings, sausage, sauerkraut, liver, and fish. Fresh savory also adds a delightful flavor to salads, is an important component of Herbes de Provence (see recipe inside packet to make your own mix), and is used in tea to soothe a sore throat and upset stomach. Attractive, 18" tall, fast-maturing plant has flowers ranging in color from white to lavender, that attracts bees.
Variety Info
- Family: Laminaceae
- Native:
Turkey and Europe
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: M edium (12" - 24")
- Variety Info: Highly aromatic 1" long, slender leaves on fine, hairy stems. White to lavender flowers appear from midsummer to fall. Leaves turn purplish in late summer.
- Attributes: Attracts Pollinators, Good for Containers
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 60°F.
- When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date. Ideal soil temperature is 75°–85°F.
- Days to Emerge: 10–15 days
- Seed Depth: Surface
- Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 6"–12"
- Thinning: When 1" tall, thin to 1 every 6"–12"
Growing Info
- Harvesting: Snip fresh sprigs as needed, harvesting up to 1/3 of the plant at a time, leaving 2/3 of the plant for fast regrowth. Flavor is the best prior to flowering; snip tops as flower buds appear if desired.