Herbs · Temperate
Summer savory
Lamiaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 25 cm
- USDA zones
- 5a–10a
- Frost-sensitive
- yes
- Growth duration
- 9 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- sandyAlso okay:loamyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- very free-drainingAlso okay:normal
Seed & start
Pre-culture recommended
Start indoors / cold frame first, transplant into the raised bed later.
Stachi's tip
Summer savory is THE bean partner — grows between beans, repels pests, seasons them. Annual; sow in May directly between bean rows.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage