Salad Burnet

What Salad Burnet is

Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) is a perennial herb of the Rose family (Rosaceae). Salad Burnet is a beautiful, hardy, evergreen perennial that in summer forms tall stems with dense heads of small, green flowers with dark red stamens. Reaches a height of up to 45 cm.

Add the young leaves to salads, cold summer soups and soft cheeses. Use them as a garnish or put them in vinegar. The herb does not dry well, but the leaves can be frozen in ice cube trays.

Salad Burnet is an ingredient in several kinds of sauce, for example ravigote from French cuisine, which is served with roast chicken or seafood. The young leaves can be used in salads and with soft cheeses. The herb does not dry well, but the leaves can be frozen.

Salad burnet has cucumber-flavoured leaves — for salads and sauces; perennial and hardy.

Key features

• Measured germination rate of the batch: 92%
• Seeds per packet: 170–230 pcs (2 g)
• Seed origin: Italy
• Sowing: March and April; direct
• Flowering: June – September
• Harvest: May – July
• Position: sunny spot

When to sow Salad Burnet

Salad Burnet seeds are sown in March and April. The plants flower from June to September. The crop is harvested from May to July. The months are a guide for a temperate climate — in warmer areas sow 1–2 weeks earlier, in cooler or upland areas, later.

How to sow and grow Salad Burnet

• Sowing method: direct
• Depth: 0.5–1 cm
• Spacing: 20–30 cm
• Germination: 10–20 days at 15–20 °C
• Position: sunny spot

Salad Burnet plants are not only beautiful but also useful. That is why many people grow them in their gardens. They are not at all demanding crops and rarely fall ill, so the care you will need to give them is relatively little. Salad burnet seeds should be sown in spring or autumn either outdoors where they are to flower, or in seed trays and lightly covered with compost. They usually germinate easily, and the seedlings, which develop quickly, can be pricked out and grown on for planting later in the year. It thrives in partial shade or in places well lit by the sun.

Tolerates drought.

Harvest and use

Pick the young leaves.

Frequently asked questions

When should Salad Burnet be sown?

The recommended sowing months are March and April. Sowing method: direct.

How many seeds are in the packet?

The packet contains 170–230 seeds, pack size 2 g.

What is the germination rate of the seeds?

The measured germination rate of this batch is 92%. The test was carried out under controlled laboratory conditions; in the field, emergence depends on soil, temperature and moisture.