Herb / Warm season
Common Summer Savory
Compact herb rows, container mixes, and bean-bed edges.
Peppery thyme-like leaves for beans and summer vegetables.
Seed spacing and maturity
- Days to maturity
- 60
- Germination temperature
- 60-80F
- Seed depth
- 0.125 inches
- Spacing
- 8 inches
- Row spacing
- 12 inches
- Start method
- Direct sow
Frost-date timing
- Direct sow
- 7 days after last frost
- Succession interval
- repeat every 21 days
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Moderate water while establishing; tolerates drier soil later.
- Soil
- Light, well-drained soil with moderate fertility.
- Watch
- Harvest before heavy flowering for best leaf flavor.
- herb
- annual
- containers
- warm-season
Browse context
- Herb Catalog Category collection
- Mint Family Rotation and family context
- Warm Season Seeds Season collection
- Direct Sow Seeds Start-method collection
- Container-Friendly Seeds Practical trait collection
- Beginner-Friendly Seeds Practical trait collection
- Succession Sowing Seeds Practical trait collection
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Source: Seed Savers seed saving guide