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Greens: Salad Burnet- Sanguisorba minor

Description Small scalloped-edged leaves, bluish tinged, the fresh young leaves add a cucumber flavour to mixed green salads. Grows on long stems. Rosette-shaped plants. Perennial and very cold hardy on the coast. The beautiful purple/pink flowers are profuse in summer. Also used as a garnish and added to soups and sauces. Dried leaves are used for tea. Dates back to Elizabethan England.

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