Indoor Winter Savory Care How To Care For Winter Savory Inside

Caring for your savory plant Savory requires regular, even watering until the plants are established. Once savory is established the growing media can be kept on the slightly dry side. Set your containers in a spot where plants will receive full sunlight a minimum of 8 to 10 hours a day.

How do you take care of winter savory?
Can you grow winter savory indoors?
How do you cook winter savory?
Is savory winter hardy?
What do you use winter savory for?
Does winter savory spread?
What Herb is winter savory?
Where does winter savory grow?
How big does savory grow?
Can summer savory be grown indoors?

How do you take care of winter savory?

Like most herbs, it thrives in full sun of at least six hours per day in well-draining soil with a pH of 6.7. Sow seeds in the spring in flats to transplant outdoors once the soil warms; transplant seedlings 10-12 inches apart in the garden. Winter savory can also be propagated via cuttings.

Can you grow winter savory indoors?

Sow the very tiny seeds indoors about 4-6 weeks before the last frost. They should sprout in 10-15 days. Sow seeds on the surface of prepared starting mix.

How do you cook winter savory?

The hearty flavor of winter savory leaves pairs well with warm comfort foods like stuffing. Heat half a stick of butter in a pan. Generously add savory, thyme, and rosemary to flavor the melting butter. Add onions, celery, fennel, and mushrooms and cook until tender.

Is savory winter hardy?

Winter Savory is a one-foot, dark green, semi-woody, herbaceous perennial that is hardy in zones 5 to 11. Easy to grow, it makes an attractive border plant for any culinary herb garden. Plant where it can get about six hours of sun a day in soil that drains well.

What do you use winter savory for?

The leaves and stems are used to make medicine. People take winter savory for early orgasm in men (premature ejaculation), as well as for intestinal disorders including cramps, indigestion, diarrhea, nausea, and intestinal gas. They also take it to treat cough and sore throat, reduce sex drive, and as a tonic.

Does winter savory spread?

Winter savory is spreading perennial that grows 6 to 12 inches high.

What Herb is winter savory?

Satureja montana (winter savory or mountain savory), is a perennial, semi-evergreen herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to warm temperate regions of southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and Africa. It has dark green leaves and summer flowers ranging from pale lavender, or pink to white.

Where does winter savory grow?

Winter savory is happy growing in containers, herb or kitchen gardens, and rockeries, or tucked into walls in vertical garden planters. Because of its tolerance for drought and poor soil, it makes a good choice for rocky banks or slopes. It also makes an aromatic edging plant for beds and borders.

How big does savory grow?

It grows to a height of 12-18 inches and features thickly branched stems covered in narrow dark green leaves. By mid-summer it produces small white, pink, or lilac flowers with seeds forming shortly after.

Can summer savory be grown indoors?

Summer savory does best with plenty of light. 12 to 14 hours per day are recommended for growing indoors with Bulbo lights.