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Salad Burnet

Salad Burnet

Sanguisorba minor

perennial☀️ full sun💧 low waterZone 3bZone 9b

Salad Burnet is a culinary herb with delicate, cucumber-flavored compound leaves used fresh in salads and beverages. It forms a low, mounding clump and produces small greenish-red flower spikes in summer.

Overview

Form
Mounding
Growth Rate
moderate
Size
1–2′ tall × 1.5–2′ wide
Dormancy
semi-evergreen

Tolerances & Soil

Zone 3bZone 9b
1471013
ColderWarmer
Zone range: Zone 3b to Zone 9b

Seasonality

Bloom Season

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Harvest Season

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Season of Interest

SpringSummer

Herb

Soft non-woody plants of the field layer.

Succession Role

early successional

Native Range

Mediterranean and central Europe

Function & Care

ediblemedicinalpollinator nectarywildlife benefit

Edible Parts

leafflower

Establishment & Care

Establishment
easy
Maintenance
low
Years to Bearing
1 years
Propagation
seed, division