Salad Burnet

Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) is a pernnial herb from Eurasia which is grown for its edible greens. The young leaves have a pleasant cucumber flavor and an interesting dentate shape. They may also be used medicinally for treatment of skin irritation like sunburn or eczema. It is common in the wild in its native and naturalized range, and grows in dry grassy meadows.

Culture
No established cultivars exist and only the wild-type is sold. Grows to 1' tall and is useful as a year round greens producer in edge areas. Too delicate to be a larger border planting. Easy to care for once established. Harvest young leaves as needed, but care shoul to be taken as not to completely strip the plant.

-Well drained soil

-Full sun to part shade

-Neutral to slightly alkali soil

-Sow spring after last frost or autumn

-Perennial in our zone

-Cut back flowers to encourage foliar growth

-Heat and drought tolerant

-Rhizome producer; can propagate by division

-Self seeds, but is not invasive due to clumping habit

-Sow directly in soil after last frost or started indoors and transplanted, space 1' to allow for spreading growth

-Can collect and use wild-type seed if needed (self-pollinates)

Seed Sources
Fedco Seeds:

4669SB

http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/search.php?item=4669&search=burnet

Johnny's Selected Seeds:

Product #: 839

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-8167-salad-burnet.aspx