FREE: 100ct. Blue Star Borage Seeds

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Blue flowers are always welcome in the garden and Borage is one of the most reliable sources, often flowering lavishly about eight weeks after sowing and continuing until the first serious frosts. It grows best in full sun where it tends to have a more compact habit, but it easily tolerates a partial sun exposure. Although the flowering period is typically June to September, many plants extend that period.

The beautiful blue star-shaped flowers are edible with a cool cucumber flavour. They can be crystallized or used as garnish in fruit cups, summer drinks, wines and Pimms.
Chopped leaves make a healthy soup or young leaves can be dipped in batter and lightly fried until crisp. Finely cut leaves make a delicious sandwich filling. Garden visitors can be converted to herbal advocates simply by offering a taste of its flower!

This delightful, beautiful annual is a very important flower for bees providing both pollen and nectar in prodigious amounts.