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🌿 Salad Burnet (Herb)

Sanguisorba minor
herbs Perennial Rosaceae
Salad Burnet (Herb) plant photo
☀️ Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
💧 Water
Low
🗺️ Zones
3-9
🧪 Soil pH
6.5-7.5
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
12-15 in
📐 Height
12-18 in
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone

🤝 Companions (2)

🤝 Strawberry
Perennial groundcover with cucumber flavor in berry patch
🤝 Thyme
Both low-growing perennial herbs

⚠️ Keep Apart (3)

⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees

📝 Growing Notes

Evergreen perennial with cucumber-flavored leaves. Provides fresh greens in winter. Pretty ferny foliage.

🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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