Summer savory
Satureja hortensis
An annual peppery bean herb. Winter savory (S. montana) is a woody perennial, stronger and more resinous. ‘Savory’ on a packet may be either.
GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.
Identity
Also called: Satureja
What it is
An annual peppery bean herb. Winter savory (S. montana) is a woody perennial, stronger and more resinous. ‘Savory’ on a packet may be either.
From the existing encyclopedia
Savory has a long folk history; modern aaaLifetime pages focus on food-grade pantry use, not treatment claims. Rehydrate dried forms in warm water before adding to long braises for even texture. Balances with honey or dates in warm drinks when used as food sweetening. When substituting dried Savory for fresh, use about one-third the volume and bloom in fat or hot water before adding acid or dairy.
Edible portions
- leaves
Absence of a portion from this list means it is not treated as food here — not that every other part is toxic.
Growing
- Climate. Annual (summer); 5–8 (winter savory)
- Light. Full sun
- Soil. Well-drained
- Planting. Direct-sow summer savory; it is fast.
- Harvest. Before bloom for a gentler pepper.
Preparation and culinary uses
- The ‘bean herb’ in European pot beans
Next steps
Sources
- USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
- No USDA FoodData Central nutrient profile is attached here. That is not a claim that the plant contains no nutrients.
- State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region
- Integrated from the existing aaaLifetime / quantum-biohack encyclopedia corpus (unique text preserved where it was not boilerplate).
Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.
Internal quality class A. Strong page: distinctive plant facts plus practical growing or kitchen use.