Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) as Propagation Material

Family: Rosaceae (the rose family: includes roses, peaches, apricots)
Genus: Sanguisorba (includes burnets)

Botanical/Binomial Name: Sanguisorba minor
Meaning of Name:
Sanguisorba, from Latin sanguis (‘blood’) + sorba (from Latin sorbēre ‘to absorb’): a reference to medicinal use of this plant to control bleeding; and
minor, from Latin minor (‘lesser’, ‘inferior’, ‘smaller’): smaller (Medicinal burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis, can reach 1 m tall. Both have the same properties.)

Common Names: Salad Burnet, Small Burnet, Garden Burnet

Botanical Characteristics: Herbaceous | Perennial | Evergreen to semi-evergreen | Frost hardy
Propagation: Seed | Division | Rhizomes

Item Description:
PROPAGATION MATERIAL PROVIDED ON REQUEST
Salad burnet can be purchased here if in stock.

The price listed here for propagation material is an indication only. The actual price may vary depending on your requirements. I am most happy to discuss your needs with you, and supply accordingly.

Plant Description:
Salad burnet is an amazingly tasty herb — it literally tastes of cucumber, and because it is perennial, gives you access to your own home-grown ‘cucumber’ all year round.

Use it in salads, on sandwiches, in wraps, chopped finely and mixed through cream cheese or a herb butter — your imagination and desire for a cucumber taste is the limit here! You can even steep it in white vinegar (with or without other herbs) to make a flavoured vinegar for salad dressings.

This is a somewhat obscure plant, so have a bit of fun asking a friend to taste it and see their look of surprise as they notice the cucumber taste! Pick the youngest leaves, as older ones can have a slight bitter aftertaste. New leaves will readily grow back.

Growing Information:
Salad burnet is an easy-care plant which prefers full sun but which can tolerate a slightly-shaded spot, and is adaptable to a wide range of well-drained soils.

Regular fertilising will maintain this perennial edible herb at peak nutritional value.

As it is a clumping perennial, division every year or two can also help restore freshness and vitality.