Borage SeedHSC-BOR-001-PKT
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Borage Borage Seed — hands held blue borage sprays
Borago officinalis
50 - 60Days to maturity

A seed worth growing

Borage Borage Seed

Item #HSC-BOR-001-PKT

Edible flowers with a cucumber taste.

Big borage plants bear hundreds of small flowers, mostly blue with some pink, over a long season, and bees and butterflies visit them.

Add the mild cucumber-flavored flowers to salads, float them on cold drinks or desserts, or freeze them in ice cubes.

Flowers about 50–60 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

  • Packet: 200 seeds
  • Average 1,400 seeds per oz.

In stock — Packet

$5.95

Know before you sow

Quick Facts

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Sow direct

The taproot resents moving.

Thin to 12"

Rows 24" apart.

Poor soil is fine

Full sun.

Expect volunteers

It self-sows.

Growing Information

Days to germination

About 7–14 days.

Direct sowing

Recommended. Once the soil warms in spring, sow 1/4–1/2" deep, about 3 seeds per foot, in rows 24" apart. Thin to 12".

Starting indoors

Possible but not advised: the taproot makes plants hard to move.

Plant spacing

12".

Soil

Average soil; grows well even in poor ground.

Light

Full sun.

Harvest

Cut as plants come into flower. Dry the flowers quickly with gentle heat and good airflow.

Note

Borage self-sows freely.

Hardiness

Annual.

Plant height

18–30".

Packet

200 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 1,400 on average.

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