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🌱 Borage (Organic)
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Borage is a fast-growing, bee-loving edible flower with bright blue star-shaped blooms and soft, cucumber-scented leaves.
Perfect for wildlife gardens, eco-school projects, and herbal tea kits, it’s a stunning companion plant that supports both pollinators and your harvest!
Seed Information
- Plant Type Herb / Flower
- Organic Yes
- Growing Difficulty Easy
- Germination Time 5-10 Days
- Harvest Time 50-70 Days
- Best Season To Grow Spring, Early Summer
- SunLight Needs Full Sun
- Water Requirements Medium
- Height Of Maturity 60–100 CM
- None GMO Yes
- UK Native No (Mediterranean origin)
🌱 Borage (Organic)
Perfect for wildlife gardens, eco-school projects, and herbal tea kits, it’s a stunning companion plant that supports both pollinators and your harvest!
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🌿 Growing & Care Guide
Borage is a vibrant flowering herb loved for its brilliant blue, star-shaped flowers, mild cucumber-flavoured leaves, and powerful pollinator appeal. It’s a beautiful, edible, and beneficial plant — ideal for home gardens, wildlife spaces, and organic community plots.
🌿 Quick Facts
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Botanical Name: Borago officinalis
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Type: Hardy annual (self-seeds readily)
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Sunlight: Full sun
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Height: 24–36 inches (60–90 cm)
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Spacing: 12–18 inches apart
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Germination Time: 7–14 days
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Harvest Time: 50–70 days from sowing
🌞 How to Grow
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Direct Sow Outdoors: Borage dislikes transplanting — sow where it will grow.
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Sow Seeds ½ inch deep in moist, well-drained soil after the last frost.
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Thin Seedlings to 12–18 inches apart once established.
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Succession Sow for extended flowering and leaf harvest.
💧 Care Tips
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Watering: Water regularly when young; drought-tolerant once established.
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Feeding: No feeding needed — borage thrives in poor soil.
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Support: Tall stems may need light staking in windy areas.
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Self-Seeding: Let a few plants go to seed for natural regrowth next year.
🌼 Growing Sustainably
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Pollinator Paradise: Bees love borage flowers — a top choice for bee-friendly gardens.
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Soil Helper: Its deep taproots break up soil and draw up nutrients.
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Edible & Ornamental: Blue flowers are edible and beautiful in salads, drinks, or ice cubes!
✂️ Harvesting
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Leaves: Pick young leaves for fresh flavour — older ones can be coarse.
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Flowers: Harvest as they open and use fresh or freeze in ice cubes.
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Best Time: Early morning harvesting helps retain flavour and freshness.
Tip: Frequent picking encourages more blooms and leaf production.
❄️ End of Season
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Borage will die back with frost but self-seeds generously.
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Leave some seed heads in place to enjoy new plants next year.
🌿 Beautiful, Beneficial, and Bee-Loved
At Urban Harvests Co, Borage is more than a herb — it’s a pollinator magnet, soil improver, and edible flower rolled into one. Grow it to nourish your garden, your table, and your ecosystem. 🌼💚
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