salad burnet
Sanguisorba minor
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones4 to 8
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterNeeds moderate soil
Size9 to 24 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Greenish with purple-tinged styles
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor) is an herb for borders, pollinator gardens, and food gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun, average moisture, and most soil types. Greenish flowers with purple-tinged styles open from early to late summer and attract butterflies and bees. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. The mounding plant has fragrant green leaves and tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Oregano, Paprika yarrow, and Fennel.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, and 15 more places. See all 19
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, Africa, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Free State, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Northern Provinces, Sardegna, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, and Türkiye.