Savory
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial, annual |
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| Features: | ✓ | edible |
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Satureja is a genus of aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae, related to rosemary and thyme. There are about 30 species called savories, of which Summer savory and Winter savory are the most important in cultivation.
Satureja species are native to warm temperate regions and may be annual or perennial. They are low-growing herbs and subshrubs, reaching heights of 15–50 cm.
The leaves are 1 to 3 cm long, with flowers forming in whorls on the stem, white to pale pink-violet.
Savories need sun and well-drained soil.
Read about Savory in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Savory. Sweet-herbs. Summer savory is Satureia hortensis of the Labiatae. Cultivated in kitchen-gardens for its aromatic green parts, which are gathered in midsummer for flavoring meat, dressings, and other culinary preparations. The slender, erect, branching, herbaceous stems, 10 to 12 inches tall, bear soft narrow green leaves and in summer clusters of pink, purplish or white flowers, which are followed by brown ovoid seeds whose vitality lasts three years. Propagation is by means of seed, which is sown in drills 12 to 18 inches apart in April or May in light, mellow, well-drained loam of moderate richness. When 2 to 3 inches tall the plants are thinned to 5 or 6 inches asunder, or for early crop they may be transplanted from hotbeds sown in March. Winter savory (S. montana) is a hardy European perennial species, having much the qualities of the annual, but with woody, slender, very branching stems 12 to 16 inches tall, narrow, very acute leaves, white, pink or lilac flowers and brown seeds, whose average vitality is three years. It may be managed like thyme. CH
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
Selected species:
- Satureja acinos
- Satureja alpina
- Satureja coerulea
- Satureja cuneifolia
- Satureja douglasii – Yerba Buena (syn. S. chamissonis)
- Satureja gillesii
- Satureja hortensis – Summer Savory
- Satureja mexicana
- Satureja montana – Winter Savory
- Satureja multiflora – Chilean Shrub Mint
- Satureja palmeri (believed extinct; rediscovered 2001)
- Satureja rumelica
- Satureja spicigera
- Satureja thymbra
- Satureja viminea – Serpentine Savory
- Satureja viminea
- Satureja vulgaris – Wild Basil
Formerly in Satureja:
- Browne's Savory, Clinopodium brownei (as Satureja brownei)
- Large-flowered Calamint, Calamintha grandiflora (as Satureja grandiflora)
- Stone Mint, Cunila mariana (as Satureja origanoides)
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References
External links
- w:Savory. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Savory QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)