Sanguisorba menziesii
| Sanguisorba menziesii | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 4' |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Sanguisorba menziesii
Propagation: Seed - sow spring or autumn in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Division in the spring[1].
Cultivation: An easily grown plant that does well in cultivation[2]. It succeeds in ordinary garden soil[3], though it prefers a good moist soil that does not dry out in the summer[2], in sun or partial shade[4].
This species is closely related to S. officinalis[2].
Range: North-western N. America - Alaska to Washington.
Habitat: Coastal bogs and marshlands[2].
Edibility: Leaves - cooked. They are not choice[5].
Medicinal: Both the roots and the leaves are astringent[5].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ Brickell, Christopher. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1990.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hitchcock, Leo. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 1955.
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Schofield, Janice. Discovering Wild Plants.