Herb · Lamiaceae
When to plant summer savory
The traditional partner to broad beans, sown alongside them and picked at the same time. Peppery, and better fresh than dried.
Start seed indoors
6 weeks before
Counted from your last spring frost.
Plant out
1 week after
Counted from your last spring frost.
Sow direct
1 week after
Counted from your last spring frost.
Those weeks become real dates once you name a place.
Timing, in frost-relative terms
Seed packets rarely give calendar dates, because a date that suits one latitude is wrong at another. They give offsets from the last spring frost instead, and those offsets are what make summer savory plantable anywhere.
- Start seed indoors 6 weeks before the last frost.
- Plant out 1 week after the last frost.
- Sow direct 1 week after the last frost.
- Expect 60–75 days to maturity, counted from sowing.
Frost tolerance
Killed by the first frost.
Classified as tender, with damage expected below 0°C (32°F)32°F (0°C).