Sanguisorba officinalis
Greater burnet, Burnet bloodwort
- Height × spread
- 0.4m – 1.2m × 0.4m – 0.7m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
A lovely comes back every year plant with soft fluffy rounded flower heads in white, pink or red, swaying on slender stems above lush green foliage. Combined with grasses, it's perfect for adding colour, texture and movement to summer borders. It flowers summer to early autumn, attracting pollinators. Sizes vary, growing 40cm to over a metre tall and a max spread of around a metre.
- Flower colour
- Pink, Red, White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Bell, Column, Fan
- Height
- 0.4m – 1.2m
- Spread
- 0.4m – 0.7m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Prairie garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover, Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
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