Borage
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Description
Organic Borage-herb
Large, fuzzy, cucumber-scented leaves and vivid blue flowers attract bees all summer long. Usually grown for the bees and flowers, young leaves can be cooked like spinach or used in salads. Also known as the star flower because of the arrangement of its petals, the flowers have a light cucumber flavour and will stun with their vivid blue petals. Toss into salads and baby greens, add to avocado prawn vinaigrette, or sprinkle onto cold soups. A dramatic use is to make ice cubes with the petals frozen into them and drop into cold drinks.
Borage seeds plants contain oils with the highest concentration (20% to 30%) of the GLA, even higher than Evening Primrose. All together a versatile, attractive and useful herb, add starry blue flowers to salads, drinks, berry desserts for zing.
Season & Zone
Season: Cool season
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Zone: 2-12
Timing
Direct sow in April and May. Borage develops a delicate taproot, so it’s best direct sown where it is to grow. Borage does not transplant well. Optimal soil temperature for germination: 21°C (70°F). Seeds should sprout in 5-15 days.
Starting
Sow seeds 1cm (½”) deep, and thin to 60cm (24″) apart. Borage will get large and fill in spaces between plants.
If you choose to start seed indoors, transplant before they become pot bound. Plan to start seedlings about 3 to 4 weeks before the last expected frost and don’t transplant outdoors until the soil has warmed and the plants have been hardened off.
Growing
Borage is an un-fussy self sowing annual. To avoid self-sowing, the flower heads need to be picked regularly. Borage does best in full sun in well drained soil.
. It grows satisfactorily in gardens in the UK climate, remaining in the garden from year to year by self-seeding
Harvest
Pick fresh flowers for freezing or drying for bouquets. Cut the fresh leaves during the summer to add to salads or spreads.
Borage may self sow. It is attractive to bumblebees that must buzz at a certain resonance to release a jet of pollen.
All my seed come in reusable zip lock bags and planting instructions
Please note if you order more than one of this item they will be shipped packaged all in one ziploc bag with one set of planting instruction unless otherwise requested
Large, fuzzy, cucumber-scented leaves and vivid blue flowers attract bees all summer long. Usually grown for the bees and flowers, young leaves can be cooked like spinach or used in salads. Also known as the star flower because of the arrangement of its petals, the flowers have a light cucumber flavour and will stun with their vivid blue petals. Toss into salads and baby greens, add to avocado prawn vinaigrette, or sprinkle onto cold soups. A dramatic use is to make ice cubes with the petals frozen into them and drop into cold drinks.
Borage seeds plants contain oils with the highest concentration (20% to 30%) of the GLA, even higher than Evening Primrose. All together a versatile, attractive and useful herb, add starry blue flowers to salads, drinks, berry desserts for zing.
Season & Zone
Season: Cool season
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Zone: 2-12
Timing
Direct sow in April and May. Borage develops a delicate taproot, so it’s best direct sown where it is to grow. Borage does not transplant well. Optimal soil temperature for germination: 21°C (70°F). Seeds should sprout in 5-15 days.
Starting
Sow seeds 1cm (½”) deep, and thin to 60cm (24″) apart. Borage will get large and fill in spaces between plants.
If you choose to start seed indoors, transplant before they become pot bound. Plan to start seedlings about 3 to 4 weeks before the last expected frost and don’t transplant outdoors until the soil has warmed and the plants have been hardened off.
Growing
Borage is an un-fussy self sowing annual. To avoid self-sowing, the flower heads need to be picked regularly. Borage does best in full sun in well drained soil.
. It grows satisfactorily in gardens in the UK climate, remaining in the garden from year to year by self-seeding
Harvest
Pick fresh flowers for freezing or drying for bouquets. Cut the fresh leaves during the summer to add to salads or spreads.
Borage may self sow. It is attractive to bumblebees that must buzz at a certain resonance to release a jet of pollen.
All my seed come in reusable zip lock bags and planting instructions
Please note if you order more than one of this item they will be shipped packaged all in one ziploc bag with one set of planting instruction unless otherwise requested