Buy Sanguisorba 'Tanna'

Also Known As

Sanguisorba officinalis 'Tanna'
Tanna Burnet

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 12"-18"
W: 12"-18"

planting zones

4a-9b

1 gallon bagged root ball | $16

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30 at Gossler Farms

3 inch pot | $13

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Fewer than 20 at Secret Garden Growers

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Sanguisorba 'Tanna' plant details

Sanguisorba 'Tanna' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with blue and green foliage. In summer burgundy flowers emerge. Attracts bees making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Sanguisorba 'Tanna'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: rosaceae
Foliage: deciduous blue and green
Mature size: 12 IN - 18 IN - wide, 12 IN - 18 IN - tall
Flowers: burgundy blooms in summer
Uses: bottlebrush flowers, compact, dwarf, mounding

GROWING CONDITIONS for Sanguisorba 'Tanna'

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: regular

Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Small plant with deep green cut foliage. In summer, the 18” flower stems are topped with narrow purple flowers.

By: Gossler Farms

Tight buns of gray-green mini leaves on 10” stems and plentiful spikes of burgundy buttons to 12” in summer – well behaved, mounding dwarf burnett for sun to light shade – Not soil fussy – Avg water – nice edging, accent or container plant . Z5 3” pot

By: Secret Garden Growers

Well suited for the smaller scale garden, 'Tanna's mound of ferny leaf fronds makes an elegant host to the cylindrical, burgundy flower spires that playfully top foot-long stems. Cultivated since the Middle Ages, the cucumber-flavored foliage has been a welcome addition in the salad bowl.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

This compact, floriferous selection will add a different texture to the garden, making clumps of handsome, pinnate dark green foliage and lots of oval, dark burgundy flower heads. Drought tolerant and tough.

By: Edelweiss Perennials

Dwarf Burnet to 18" with a myriad of red roundly conical flowers. This is an excellent compact selection and very free-flowering and always garners attention when it is in flower in early summer. This is a good doer.

By: Far Reaches Farm

A dwarf Burnet for the front of the border with wine colored bottlebrush flowers on 18" stems above attractive finely cut blue-green foliage.

By: Avant Gardens

Charming in the garden and edible, this mounding perennial has bluish, toothed, and dense foliage forming clumps to 18" tall and wide and, in early summer, produces spikes of burgundy, brush-like, long-lasting flowers that sway above the leaves -- said to have a cucumber flavor in salads. Easy in sun with consistent summer moisture. Easily divided. Dies back in winter, returning in early spring. Frost hardy to -30 °F, USDA zone 4.