Enhance your garden with West Coast Seeds' Borage (2g). This versatile and attractive herb features large, fuzzy, cucumber-scented leaves and vivid blue star-shaped flowers that attract bees all summer long. Young leaves can be cooked like spinach or used fresh in salads, while the flowers, with their light cucumber flavor, add a dramatic touch to salads, drinks, and desserts. Borage seeds contain oils with the highest concentration of GLA, making them even more beneficial than Evening Primrose. Borage is also deer-resistant, making it a perfect addition to any garden.
Key Features:
Versatile and Attractive:
- Edible Flowers and Leaves: Vivid blue flowers and large, fuzzy leaves with a mild cucumber flavor.
- Health Benefits: High concentration of GLA in seeds.
Pollinator Friendly:
- Bee Magnet: Attracts bees and bumblebees, promoting pollination.
- Self-Sowing: Borage may self-sow, ensuring continued growth and blooms.
Growing Information:
- Maturity: Blooms all summer long.
- Season: Cool season.
- Exposure: Full sun to partial shade.
- Hardiness: Annual.
Starting:
- Timing: Direct sow in mid- to late spring. Optimal soil temperature: 21°C (70°F).
- Germination: Seeds should sprout in 5-15 days. Sow seeds 1cm (½”) deep, and thin to 60cm (24″) apart.
Growing and Maintenance:
- Soil: Well-drained soil in full sun.
- Watering: Regular watering, avoid overhead watering.
- Self-Sowing: Pick flower heads regularly to avoid self-sowing.
Harvest and Use:
- Flowers: Pick fresh flowers for freezing or drying for bouquets.
- Leaves: Harvest fresh leaves during the summer for salads or spreads.
Companion Planting:
- Deters Pests: Deters hornworm and cabbage worms.
- Companion Plants: Excellent near tomatoes and strawberries.
- Soil Improvement: Beneficial for soil and compost.
Seed Info:
- Seed Life: Usual seed life is 3 years.
Add the vibrant, versatile, and beneficial Borage to your garden. With its striking blue flowers and useful leaves, Borage is perfect for enhancing your outdoor space while attracting pollinators and deterring pests. Enjoy the beauty and functionality of this remarkable herb in your garden and kitchen.
Selected page contains no content. Add content to this page in the page editor.
Enhance your garden with West Coast Seeds' Borage (2g). This versatile and attractive herb features large, fuzzy, cucumber-scented leaves and vivid blue star-shaped flowers that attract bees all summer long. Young leaves can be cooked like spinach or used fresh in salads, while the flowers, with their light cucumber flavor, add a dramatic touch to salads, drinks, and desserts. Borage seeds contain oils with the highest concentration of GLA, making them even more beneficial than Evening Primrose. Borage is also deer-resistant, making it a perfect addition to any garden.
Key Features:
Versatile and Attractive:
- Edible Flowers and Leaves: Vivid blue flowers and large, fuzzy leaves with a mild cucumber flavor.
- Health Benefits: High concentration of GLA in seeds.
Pollinator Friendly:
- Bee Magnet: Attracts bees and bumblebees, promoting pollination.
- Self-Sowing: Borage may self-sow, ensuring continued growth and blooms.
Growing Information:
- Maturity: Blooms all summer long.
- Season: Cool season.
- Exposure: Full sun to partial shade.
- Hardiness: Annual.
Starting:
- Timing: Direct sow in mid- to late spring. Optimal soil temperature: 21°C (70°F).
- Germination: Seeds should sprout in 5-15 days. Sow seeds 1cm (½”) deep, and thin to 60cm (24″) apart.
Growing and Maintenance:
- Soil: Well-drained soil in full sun.
- Watering: Regular watering, avoid overhead watering.
- Self-Sowing: Pick flower heads regularly to avoid self-sowing.
Harvest and Use:
- Flowers: Pick fresh flowers for freezing or drying for bouquets.
- Leaves: Harvest fresh leaves during the summer for salads or spreads.
Companion Planting:
- Deters Pests: Deters hornworm and cabbage worms.
- Companion Plants: Excellent near tomatoes and strawberries.
- Soil Improvement: Beneficial for soil and compost.
Seed Info:
- Seed Life: Usual seed life is 3 years.
Add the vibrant, versatile, and beneficial Borage to your garden. With its striking blue flowers and useful leaves, Borage is perfect for enhancing your outdoor space while attracting pollinators and deterring pests. Enjoy the beauty and functionality of this remarkable herb in your garden and kitchen.
Selected page contains no content. Add content to this page in the page editor.
