
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.
The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest
Sowing
Transplanting
Harvest
Good neighbours
No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
What comes after Summer savory?
When the bed frees up, the season is usually not over. We worked out what still fits afterwards — with time windows and reasons.
See follow-on crops for Summer savory →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
- Bio-Gärtner – Bohnenkräuter [Satureja hortensis] (https://www.bio-gaertner.de/pflanzen/Bohnenkraeuter)
Where these figures come from
- Timing
- Traditional recommendation. Rarely studied under controlled conditions — treat it as experience, not law.
- Spacing
- Traditional recommendation. Rarely studied under controlled conditions — treat it as experience, not law.
- Companion planting
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Crop rotation
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Yield
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
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 · Bio-Gärtner – Bohnenkräuter [Satureja hortensis] (https://www.bio-gaertner.de/pflanzen/Bohnenkraeuter)
Products mentioned in this post
- Plantura organic tomato seed set (10 varieties)Open-pollinated, good germination — robust for raised beds.
- Organic tomato seed set, 14 varieties
- Organic heirloom tomato seed set (Demeter, 12 varieties)
- Organic vegetable seed set, 10 varietiesCucumber, tomato, beetroot, broccoli, carrot, chard & more.