Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) seeds
- The cucumber-like taste of leaves and blossoms is an important part of the Frankfurt Green Sauce. Also for the seasoning of salads, marinades, as well as fish and poultry dishes.
- Contents: Approx. 50 seeds
- Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly
Regular price:
€2.39
Content: 50 Single seed
Product number: SAN01 GTIN: 4250601203775
Description
The salad burnet is a spice plant belonging to the order of the rose plants. As a characteristic ingredient of the Hamburg eel soup, it's firmly integrated into the traditional Northern German kitchen and gives the burnet brandy, which is only made very seldomly today, its flavour.
It grows wild in temperate to warm climates on almost all continents, although it probably originally comes from Central Europe and was introduced to North America only by colonization. The perennial shrub, which is also known as small burnet, grows up to 90 cm tall and prefers a dry, neutral soil, but can also easily cope with calcareous substrates.
The leaves of the salad burnet have a nutty flavour, reminiscent of cucumbers, and fit nicely in salads, cream cheese, and fresh herbs sauces. The leaves are harvested before flowering and should not be cooked, but used fresh. In many recipes, they can be used as a substitute for mint. As a medicinal herb, the salad burnet can boast the same properties as the great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).
It grows wild in temperate to warm climates on almost all continents, although it probably originally comes from Central Europe and was introduced to North America only by colonization. The perennial shrub, which is also known as small burnet, grows up to 90 cm tall and prefers a dry, neutral soil, but can also easily cope with calcareous substrates.
The leaves of the salad burnet have a nutty flavour, reminiscent of cucumbers, and fit nicely in salads, cream cheese, and fresh herbs sauces. The leaves are harvested before flowering and should not be cooked, but used fresh. In many recipes, they can be used as a substitute for mint. As a medicinal herb, the salad burnet can boast the same properties as the great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).
Plant profile
| Lifecycle | Perennial |
|---|---|
| Species | Rosaceae |
| Eventual height | 30-150 cm |
| Flower colour | Red, Yellow |
| Flowering months | August, July, June, May |
| Main harvest | August, July, June, September |
Growing instructions
| When to sow outdoors | April, March, May |
|---|---|
| Sowing depth | 0.5 cm |
| Germination temperature | 15-20°C |
| Sunlight | Full sun |
| Planting distance | 20 cm |
| Row spacing | 20 cm |
Sowing and care
Outdoor sowing from March to May. The planting distance should be approx. 20 cm. The perennial plant will cope with almost any soil and is generally very undemanding.
Other names
Botanical name: Sanguisorba minor, S. vulgaris, Pimpinella minor, Poterium dictyocarpum
German: Gartenpimpernelle, Kleiner Wiesenknopf, Pimpernelle, Wilder Bibernell, Pimpinelle, Bibernelle
English: salad burnet, garden burnet
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