Salad Burnet

B.C KO T

Perennial herb with pretty, delicate foliage that is edible with taste resembling cucumber. Grows to 18" tall and 12" wide. Can tolerate light shade. Beautiful small purple red flowers borne in rounded heads. It will self-seed. Use young leaves in salads.

Seed source:

Olga Golikova, Coquitlam, BC (plant) / Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Year grown: 2013

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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History

• Scientific name: Sanguisorba minor.
• It is native to western, central and southern Europe; northwest Africa and southwest Western Asia. Naturalized in most areas of North America.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Salad Brunet - plant. 2013-07-22.

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