Borage-50 Seeds

Borage-50 Seeds

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55 days. Annual. The plant produces flavorful leaves used in salads and to flavor lemonade. The flower stalks and blooms are used as garnishes for summer drinks and desserts and can be candied. The leaves and flowers are used in salads. Leaves can be steamed or sauteed like spinach. Stems can be used like celery. It has a crisp cucumber flavour. Bees and butterflies love it! Try borage flower clusters lightly breaded and deep-fried.

 

 

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QUICK FACTS

  • Annual Seeds

  • Attracts Bees and Butterflies

  • Home Garden Favourite

  • Non-treated Seeds

  • Open Pollinated Variety

  • Deer Resistant

  • Edible Blue Flowers

  • Reseeds Itself

Large, fuzzy, cucumber-scented leaves and vivid blue flowers attract bees all summer long. Usually grown for the bees and flowers, young leaves can be cooked like spinach or used in salads. Also known as the starflower because of the arrangement of its petals, the flowers have a light cucumber flavour and will stun with their vivid blue petals. Borage seeds contain oils with the highest concentration (20% to 30%) of the fatty acid GLA. Altogether a versatile, attractive and useful herb, add starry blue flowers to salads, drinks, berry desserts for zing. Borage may self sow. It is attractive to bumblebees that must buzz at a certain resonance to release a jet of pollen.

Seeds Per Pound: 24,000

Plant Height: 24” tall

Planting Season: Spring

Sunlight Requirement: Full Sun

Planting Method: Indoor Sow

Planting Instructions: Plant seeds ¼” deep.

Soil Facts: Requires a well-prepared soil. Use general purpose fertilizer when preparing the soil.

Germination: 12-18 days at 70°F

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