Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) A native of Europe, brought to North America by the Pilgrims. The young leaves on this plant have a cucumber-like taste making them attractive salad greens. This edible perennial doubles as a nice ornamental ground cover and is extremely hardy, surviving in our raised planters and in the wide open fields with no mulch or cover. Seed heads on long flower spikes. Â
70 days to maturity
40 seeds per packet $4.45
 Planting Instructions: Start indoors 5-6 weeks before last frost. Broadcast seeds on top of soil and add plastic dome to keep moist. Directly sow outdoors in spring barely covering, spacing 2" apart, thinning to 10".Â
