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Welcome to our plant search tool. This database contains many of the thousands of plants that we carry. There are some notable exceptions. Hundreds of new perennials come out every year and Make It Green has been a leader in making them available to you. Eventually the recent introductions will make it to our plant search tool but every year there will be a lag between our in-store plant selection and this search tool. Unfortunately this search tool can't cover everything that we will carry this year. We also carry over 100 varieties of rare and unusual evergreens and over 100 varieties of hard-to-find shrubs many of which are not in the plant search. Click on the Plant List button for a list of nearly all the woody plants (trees, shrubs and evergreens) that we have ordered or already have in stock for this coming year.
Midget Summer Savory
Satureja hortensis 'Midget'
Height: 12 inches
Spacing: 10 inches
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Hardiness Zone: (annual)
Description:
This compact variety is used as a culinary herb, and is considered milder and sweeter than winter savory; bushier, with higher foliage mass than other varieties; a perfect addition to the herb garden or containers; can be used fresh or dried
Edible Qualities
Midget Summer Savory is an annual herb that is commonly grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. The fragrant narrow dark green leaves which emerge light green in spring can be harvested at any time in the season. The leaves have a savory taste and a distinctive fragrance.
The leaves are most often used in the following ways:
- Cooking
- Seasoning
Planting & Growing
Midget Summer Savory will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 10 inches apart. This annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.
This plant is quite ornamental as well as edible, and is as much at home in a landscape or flower garden as it is in a designated herb garden. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under typical garden conditions. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in poor soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
