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Sanguisorba minor
70Days to maturity
A seed worth growing
Salad Burnet Herb Seed
About this variety
Cucumber-flavored leaves for salads.
Salad burnet has neat, oval toothed leaflets with a mild cucumber taste; use them in salads, garnishes and any dish that suits cucumber. Deep crimson flower heads make it a handsome edging plant too.
It also works as a microgreen, ready about 10–15 days after sowing. Also called burnet or pimpinelle. Perennial in Zones 4–8.
Ready to harvest about 70 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.
Specs
- Packet: 200 seeds
- Average 3,150 seeds per oz.
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Quick Facts
Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.
Growing guide
From seed to harvestPlant 8–12" apart
Sun, sandy soil.
Pick young leaves
Before and after bloom.
Divide clumps
Spring or fall.
Growing Information
Days to germination
About 5–10 days.
Starting indoors
Start in cell flats 6–8 weeks ahead, 3–4 seeds per cell, barely covered and kept moist. Thin to one. Plant out in spring 8–12" apart in rows 18" apart.
Direct sowing
As soon as the soil can be worked in spring, one seed per inch, barely covered, since light helps it sprout.
Microgreens
Ready about 10–15 days from sowing.
Plant spacing
8–12".
Soil
Sandy, well-drained, slightly alkaline soil.
Light
Full sun.
Harvest
Pick leaves once plants are established; they are most tender before and after flowering. Divide clumps in spring or fall for more plants.
Hardiness
Zones 4–8.
Plant height
16–24".
Scientific name
Sanguisorba minor
Packet
200 seeds.
Seeds per oz.
About 3,150 on average.
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