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Small burnet in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Sanguisorba minor

 

Small burnet

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

 
plant Features
  • Small burnet likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Small burnet likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Small burnet is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Small burnet likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Small burnet

Latin name

Sanguisorba minor

type

Herb

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Small burnet likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Small burnet is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Small burnet likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Small burnet likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Small burnet is 0.30meters x 0.60meters 0.30 M 0.60 M

Sanguisorba minor

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


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.

 
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