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How to plant and care for Winter Savory
Satureja montana
🌿 Herb
🔁 Perennial
A low, evergreen, bushy herb with a peppery, thyme-like flavour — the classic herb for beans. Tough, hardy and loved by bees.
At a glance: harvest in June.
When to plant and care for it
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Harvest
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Winter Savory: what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water until established; drought-tolerant after
- Soil
- Poor to moderate, very well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 30 cm
- Height
- 30 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- Little or no feeding
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 5–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as in its pot, 30 cm apart, in a sunny, sheltered spot. Firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In
Water well, then keep just moist while it settles in.
- 30–51 days after “Water In”
First Light Harvest
Once it is growing strongly, snip a few sprigs — never more than a third of the plant at once.
Every year
- AprilSpring Trim
Trim lightly to keep it compact; do not cut into old bare wood.
- JunePick Sprigs
Pick sprigs as needed all year; flavour is best just before flowering.
- SeptemberTrim After Flowering
Shear off the faded flower stems.
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
