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Sanguisorba minor syn. Poterium sanguisorba
Old fashioned herb once popular in cooling drinks and herb vinegars, growing in a rosette-forming clump. The attractive nutty cucumber flavour leaves add visual interest and flavour to salads and dressings. They are best harvested when young and before the plant flowers.
Salad burnet is also used medicinally to treat diarrhea and is said to be a very effective wound herb for stemming bleeding. The botanical name Sanguisorba officinalis comes from ‘sanguis,’ meaning blood, and ‘sorbeo,’ meaning to staunch. The herb has been used as a coagulant and hemorrhagic for centuries and is also used to stop internal bleeding.
During 16th century Tudor England, Garden Burnet was combined with some twenty other herbs to include in a special wine that was drunk to stop the plague.
The plants are quite drought hardy but keep them well watered if harvesting to eat otherwise the leaves become tough and bitter. If planted approx 20cm apart the plants can be used as a reasonably effective ground cover and make good erosion control. The plant accumulates iron. The pink flowers are very attractive to bees. Height approx 20cm, 30cm when in flower.
9cm pot. Certified organic plant.
N.B. Shipping costs are added AFTER you have placed your order, you will then be emailed an invoice with bank details.
Smallest box rate:
This can fit up to 9 plants in 9cm pots.
Shipping a single tree can be expensive. We may be able to fit more in the box for the same price! See our shipping rates for single and multi tree boxes.
Combining sizes?
No problem, we will work out the best rate for you once you’ve placed your order.
Jo has a passion for growing herbs but is not a qualified herbalist and has no medical background.
We are lucky to have Patricia Beagle working here at times, who is qualified, and some of her advice does appear on these pages, but herbs act differently for different people and can interact with other medicines. We therefore always recommend that you consult with your own qualified health-care practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing or on any medications.
Kahikatea Farm cannot take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of the plants or a plant not having the effect it is reputed to have.
