50 Seeds/Pkt

(Sanguisorba minor)

An old fashioned salad and medicinal herb once popular in early European gardens for its mild cucumber flavoured leaves and healing properties.

This mostly evergreen herbaceous perennial plant forms clumps of ferny leaves up to 40cm high, and produces tall stalks topped with delicate pink flowers making it just as useful In the ornamental garden as the herb garden. It is also easily grown in large pots and containers.

As an ingredient Salad Burnet has many uses. They make a great addition to any salad and are ideal on sandwiches, in soups and to flavour cold drinks and teas. For best flavour and tenderness use the young leaves. Strip them from the stalk by running your fingers along them.