Satureja biflora
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Satureja biflora, Lemon Savory, African Savory
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Satureja
Small white/pink lemon flavoured flowers. Narrow green, lemon scented leaves. Culinary; both flower and leaf have a lemon flavour, great with fish, meat and vegetable dishes.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H3 (1 to -5C)
• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Height: 30cm
• Spread: 30cm
Lemon Savory is available to buy as herb plants.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun
• Soil type: Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Neutral – Alkaline pH
• Habit: Clump
• Flowering colour: White, Pink
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: No
• Caution: Not to be taken medicinally when pregnant
Growing
• Grown from seed: No
• Propagation: Cuttings
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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