Sanguisorba 'Little Angel'
Burnet 'Little Angel'
Sanguisorba minor, or small burnet, is a salad leaf, or used in cooking, and gives a mild nutty flavour. The toothed leaves are mid-green and rounded, and carried in pairs on long stems. In Summer spikes of red-green button-like flower-heads appear. 'Little Angel' has leaves that are edged in cream, and with some pinkish tones.
Contributed by @Rosalynn
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Burnet 'Little Angel'
Latin name
Sanguisorba 'Little Angel'
type
Herb
family
Rosaceae
ph
5.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.60 M
Sanguisorba 'Little Angel'
Sanguisorba minor, or small burnet, is a salad leaf, or used in cooking, and gives a mild nutty flavour. The toothed leaves are mid-green and rounded, and carried in pairs on long stems. In Summer spikes of red-green button-like flower-heads appear. 'Little Angel' has leaves that are edged in cream, and with some pinkish tones.
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Mid Summer
Spikes of button-like reddish-green flower heads .
Planting Season
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant out container grown plants into a moist site, keep watered when young.
Propagation by Seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Fill a seed tray with seed compost,water and allow to drain.Sprinkle seeds over the surface allowing roughly 25mm space between seeds and cover with a thin layer of compost. Put tray in a clear polythene bag and place on a windowsill. When seedlings show remove plastic bag.When the second pair of leaves appear on the seedlings thin out to 50mm spacing by removing the weakest looking plants. After 2 or 3 weeks and when danger of frost has passed plants can then be planted outside into required position.
Rosalynn