Burnet plant cultivation

How to grow greater burnet or burnet bloodwort (Sanguisorba officinalis)

Greater burnet care sheet

BURNET PLANT

flower

June – September. Flowers red purple, gathered in heads till 2 cm at the end of long leafless peduncles.

water

Keep the soil permanently humid.

gardening pot

For humid gardens, forming groups of flowers.

weather

Demishade in fresh places.

shovel

By means of seeds or division at the beginning of spring or in autumn.

soil

Fertile soil, well drained, of acid or neuter composition.

Other species of “Sanguisorba“

Sanguisorba ancistroides ————–……………

Sanguisorba canadiensis —————- Canadian burnet

Sanguisorba menziesii —————–…………….

Sanguisorba minor ——————— Garden burnet, Salad burnet

Sanguisorba obtusa —————-…………..

Sanguisorba occidentalis —————–…………….

Sanguisorba stipulata —————-…………..

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7 October, 2026

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