Sanguisorba minor

Sanguisorba minor

€4,90
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Sanguisorba minor
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Sanguisorba minor

Sanguisorba minor

€4,90

Sanguisorba minor is an edible perennial herbaceous plant with beautiful ferny foliage and striking crimson flower clusters that rise well above the foliage in summer.

The leaves are toothed and are evergreen in regions where there is no heavy snowfall.

The flowers resemble tiny little crimson balls, forming atop tall slender stems.

It is an extraodinarily hardy perennial and attracts multitudes of bees and butterflies in the summer.

Salad burnet is one of the foundational culinary herbs of Europe. It has a somewhat tart, cucumber-y, maybe peppery taste that can lift up surrounding flavors.

🥗 Used to flavor salads, vinaigrettes, sauces, summer drinks, cream cheese, cheese and even wine.

🥬 When using it for cooking, do try to use the young leaves as the older leaves become a bit bitter with age.
€4,90
Flowering May, June
Size 0.5m H x 0.4m W
Exposure Full Sun
Frost Tolerance -15°C to -20°C
Soil Any, Chalk, Silaceous

Gardening Tips:

The Botany:

This was one of the first plants brought over to the New World by English colonists - indicating the value that the colonists saw in it.

Each plant can live over 20 years!

Each plant can carry both male and female flowers - this makes salad burnet monoecious.

The Myths:

Other Names:

Salad burnet

Garden burnet

Small burnet

Pimpernelle

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