Satureja hortensis
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- sah-tur-AY-jah hor-TEN-sis
- Description
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Mild peppery taste; used with meat, cabbage, and rice.
The edible flower has culinary, medicinal, aromatic and decorative value. It has a similar spicy taste and is used to flavor soup, tea, vinegar, and butter. It is also used in potpourris.
A perennial plant that is often grown as an annual.
It can be grown from seed in early spring.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Satureja
- Species:
- hortensis
- Family:
- Lamiaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Perennial
- Edibility:
- Leaves as flavoring
- Dimensions:
- Height: 1 ft. 6 in. - 1 ft. 6 in.
- Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Edible
- Herb
- Perennial
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12 inches-3 feet
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Edible
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
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Leaves:
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Edible
- Hairs Present:
- No
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Edible Garden
