Salad Burnet Seeds – Heirloom Cucumber-Flavored Perennial Herb

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Contains about 1 gram of seeds

$1.95

SKU: GS-7371-SAL-DT

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Organicly grown

Non GMO

Description

Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) is a charming, open-pollinated heirloom perennial herb prized since the Elizabethan era for its distinctive cucumber-flavored foliage. Growing into neat, mounding rosettes that reach 12 to 18 inches in height, it produces delicate, fern-like pinnate leaves topped with small, globe-like crimson-to-purple flower heads in early summer. Its tender young leaves deliver a clean, crisp, nutty cucumber taste with a hint of citrus tang, making it a classic addition to fresh salads, summer chilled drinks, herb vinegars, compound butters, and garnishes. Extremely winter-hardy, drought-resilient, and evergreen in mild winter spells, Salad Burnet provides fresh gourmet green harvests nearly year-round.

Specifications

Plant Name: Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
Plant Class: Hardy Herbaceous Perennial Herb (USDA Zones 4–8)
Color: Deep green fern-like foliage with small round reddish-purple flower clusters
Plant Characteristics: Low, mounding rosette habit (12–18 inches tall / 30–45 cm), finely divided feather-like leaves, deep taproot, evergreen tendency in cool weather
Suitable Space: Kitchen herb plots, perennial vegetable beds, border edging, rock gardens, container pots
Season: Early Spring through Late Autumn / Winter (Hardy Perennial)
Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Direct sow outdoors late April to May as soon as soil can be worked in spring, sowing seeds 0.25 inches deep. Alternatively, start indoors late March in plug trays
transplant outdoors late May after hardening off. Can also be autumn-sown (September).: transplant outdoors late May after hardening off. Can also be autumn-sown (September).
Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial Shade (thrives in full sun; partial shade helps maintain tender leaf texture in hot summers)
Watering Needs: Low to Moderate (drought-tolerant once established; prefers well-drained, slightly alkaline or limed soil)
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What is included?

Contains about 1 gram of seeds

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Good to know

Delivers a genuine, refreshing cucumber flavor from a hardy perennial plant without needing to grow annual cucumbers
Retains crisp foliage late into autumn and early winter, providing fresh harvests when most other herbs have died back
Extremely low-maintenance and drought-tolerant, performing well in lean, alkaline, or poor soils

Older leaves can become tough and slightly bitter—best harvested continuously as young, tender basal foliage
Sends up self-seeding flower stems in midsummer; flower heads should be sheared back to maintain dense, tender foliage growth

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