Sorrel De Belleville – 100 Seeds

Sorrel De Belleville Seeds. Sorrel De Belleville (Rumex scutatus) is a heritage perennial French sorrel. It is a leafy green herb grown for its pleasantly tart, lemon flavor. Sorrel is a cool-season perennial often grown as an annual.

Sorrel ‘De Belleville’ Culinary Uses

Sorrel is delicious used as an herb or as a salad green.

• A traditional way to enjoy sorrel is cooked into a sauce and served with fish, lending a lemony flavor without the use of lemon.
• It’s also great cooked into soups or stews.
• Baby sorrel greens can be tossed into mixed salads.
• If you don’t have lemons to make a salad dressing, use sorrel to add tang.

Growing Sorrel ‘De Belleville’ 

Indoor Sowing: Late Winter and Early Spring.

Direct Sowing: Early Spring.

• Sorrel seeds can be sown in the garden as early as 2 to 3 weeks before the average last frost date in spring.
• Sow sorrel seed ½ inch deep and 2 to 3 inches apart.
• Thin successful seedlings from 12 to 18 inches apart when plants are 6 to 8 weeks old.
• Space rows 18 to 24 inches apart.
• Sorrel will be ready for harvest 60 days after sowing.
• Sorrel should be kept evenly moist.
• Divide established sorrel in spring.