Great foliage and a cloud of flowers

NAME: Greater burnet (Sanguisorba officinalia and cvs.)
ZONE: 3 to 8
Size: Up to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide
Conditions: Full sun to partial shade; fertile, consistently moist, well-drained soil
Peak Time: Midsummer to midfall


Greater bunet provides an airy scrim for late-season borders, with its dense, dark
flower spikes on wiry stems that sway in the breeze above their intriguingly textured
leaves. Often grown as an herb, greater burnet's blue-green leaves look like they've
been cut with pinking shears; the leaves add a subtle cucumber flavor to salads. The
cultivar 'Tanna' (pictured)is a dwarf version reaching only 18 to 24 inches tall.