Summer Savory

Summer Savory

Satureja hortensis

Sow outdoors 1 week after your last spring frost. Space plants 8 in (20 cm) apart.

Photo: Schlaghecken Josef, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Optimal Direct Sow

From seedRecommended
  1. Sow outdoors1 week after your last spring frost
  2. First harvestabout 60 days after sowing

Optimal Indoor Start

From seed
  1. Start indoors6 weeks before your last spring frost
  2. Begin hardening off1 week before your last spring frost
  3. Plant outaround your last spring frost
  4. First harvestabout 60 days after sowing

Growing summer savory

Spacing in the row
8 in (20 cm)
Between rows
18 in (46 cm)
Planting depth
Surface sow; barely cover (light helps germination)
Sun
Full Sun
Life cycle
Annual

Feeding

How often
Rarely: compost dug in before sowing is usually enough. A plant you cut often can take a half-strength liquid feed about once a month.

Your summer savory, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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