A SAVORY CHARACTER
Apr 13, 2022
4 minutes
Words Kerry Boyne
Two types of savory are used in cooking: summer savory (Satureja hortensis) and winter savory (S. montana). In some dishes they are virtually interchangeable, but their botanical differences may determine which you choose to grow.
Summer savory, the better known of the two, is an annual, while winter savory, sometimes called mountain savory, is a bushy perennial that some people find more convenient for the herb garden.
While the two savories — members of the Lamiaceae family and so related to thyme and rosemary — can be used in much the
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