Borage
Latin Name: Borago officinalis
Item #: 1500116
Maturity:
80 Days
Difficulty:
Easy
Medicinal:
Yes
Edible:
Yes
Attracts Butterflies:
Yes
Attracts Bees:
Yes
80 days. Hardy Annual. Great for salads, use sprigs to flavor lemonade. Bees love it. Pkt. contains approx. 75 seeds.
80 days. Hardy Annual. Great for salads, use sprigs to flavor lemonade. Bees love it. Vigorous 20 in/51 cm plant. Known as the "Herb of Gladness" for its exhilarating effect on the system. 1,200 seeds per oz./28g. Pkt contains approx. 75 seeds.
BORAGE - cucumber flavored leaf & flower sprays
Approx. 1,200 seeds per oz./28 g
CULTURE: Easily germinated from seed, but a bit difficult to transplant. Plant seed outdoors May - June in rows, or in rock gardens. Sow @ 4 seeds per in/25 mm; 1/4 in/6 mm deep, cover with fine soil and firm. Thin seedlings 12 in/31 cm apart. Space rows 2.5 ft/76 cm apart, give them plenty of room, as they are base branching plants. Mature plants grow about 3 ft/91 cm high and self seed quite easily once established. Choose a light, dry soil with lots of sun.
HARVEST: Pick the leaves and use fresh to flavor iced summer drinks or harvest leaves in September, dry and store in a jar.
USES: Leaves are used with pickles, cool drinks or as "greens". Plants attract pollinators and the beautiful blue flowers can be candied.
