Salad burnet starts with a low rosette of dark green, compound leaves that give it a delicate look and make a nice edging. Cut them off to keep an edging neat. Remove flowers to prevent prolific self-sowing. Sow the seed outdoors in fall or spring or start the seedlings indoors in spring about 6 weeks before the last spring frost. You can also move self-sown seedlings.
Plants die in severe heat.
Dry the flowers for arrangements and wreaths.