Description
- Edible Flowers - Borage Seeds produce an attractive herb that produces deep blue, star shaped blooms atop furry stems. The flowers are edible & often added to salads, deserts, tropical drinks, ice cubes and more.
- Edible Leaves - Harvest Blue Borage leaves when they are young for best flavoring. The leaves will start getting pretty furry after they are well established.
- Growth - Borage is grown as an annual flowering herb. It will grow to a mature height of roughly 12" to 24" tall and can easily spread 12" to 18" wide.
- Relative Companion Plants - Borage is a great companion plant for other medicinal herbs like Feverfew, Comfrey, Turmeric, Salvia and Lovage. Sow right in the garden or start indoors together.
- Quality - All Borage seeds packaged by Seed Needs are intended for the current and the following growing seasons. All seeds are stored in a temperature controlled facility that is free of significant amounts of moisture.
- Quantity - Seed Needs offers generous quantities. You can share with friends and family, or you can save the extra seeds until the following season, if properly stored.
- Packets - Each seed packet displays an artful illustration of the variety to be grown, as well as detailed seed sowing information on the reverse side. They measure 3.5" wide by 5" tall.
- Promise - Seed Needs will never knowingly supply GMO based seed products. The vast majority of our seeds are open pollinated & heirloom, with the exception of a few hybrids.
- Germination - Seed Needs packets contain some of the freshest seed available. Direct from the growers. If sown correctly, you will begin seeing results in only a matter of days.
- Freshness - All Borage seeds are packaged in tear resistant and moisture resistant packaging. This keeps the seeds a whole lot fresher than the competitions selection!
Grow Borage Herb from fresh Borago Officinalis herb seeds. Borage is an attractive herb that is often grown for it’s deep blue, star shaped blooms. It reaches a mature height of about 12 to 24 inches tall. Borage is not only sought after for it’s beauty, but also it’s cucumber flavored leaves and attractive flowers. Both of which are often used in salads, to add flavor and color. Grown as an annual herb, Borage will grow quickly, bloom profusely and then die soon after with the first killing frost. Plants can return the following year if seeds drop to the earth under it, or if they are collected for resowing. Borage herb plants will attract an array of bumblebees and are also great to grow near vegetable gardens. It is recommended to harvest the leaves of Borage herb early as they will be much more flavorful. Matured leaves begin to get tough and hairy. The flowers of Borage however can be harvested at any time. Try cutting the plants to use in a decorative vase as well!
