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Meadowsweet - 10 Seeds
1 × R30.00
Salad Burnet – 20 Seeds
(Sanguisorba minor)
R30.00
It is a perennial herb that has a fresh, pleasant, cucumber-like flavor. It used as a salad green, and used for flavoring in vinegar’s and sauces.
Common Names: Salad burnet, garden burnet, small burnet, burnet pimpernelle, Toper’s plant and burnet-bloodwort.
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Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) is also known as garden burnet, small burnet, or burnet. It is a plant in the family Rosaceae that is native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Western Asia. It is a clumping perennial, grows to a height of 40-60cm with pinnate leaves, with pairs of round toothed leaflets.
Flowers that appear in summer are tufted round balls, green and crimson in color, on top of thin green stems. It used as a salad green, and used for flavoring in vinegar’s and sauces. There are also old cosmetic and medicinal applications for the plant.
Culinary Uses
Salad Burnet has a fresh, pleasant, cucumber-like flavor.
- Add fresh leaves to tossed salads and sandwiches.
- Fresh leaves will add flavor to iced drinks, lemonade, and tomato juice.
- Add freshly chopped leaves to vinegar, butter, dips, and cream cheese.
- Add fresh leaves to soups, eggs, and other hot dishes at the end of cooking.
Growing Salad Burnet
Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended.
Direct Sowing: Early Spring and Autumn.
- Burnet grows best in a moderately fertile moist, but well-drained soil, that does not dry out.
- Plant in full sun to part shade. In hot summer regions, it will grow best in dappled sun.
- Seeds should be direct sown in Early Spring or Autumn.
- Sow the seeds on top of the surface of moist well-drained soil. Cover with a thin layer of fine soil.
- Keep soil consistently moist.
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Medicinal Information:
All medicinal information on this website is for educational and informational purposes only and may not be construed as medical advice. The information is not intended to replace medical advice or treatment offered by healthcare professionals.
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