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Borage Plant Types

Common borage (Borago officinalis) – Also known as starflower, common borage is the most familiar of the different types of borage. ...
Variegata (Borago officinalis 'Variegata') – This interesting variegated plant displays delicate, blue borage flowers and green leaves mottled with white.

How do you identify borage plants?
What Colour are borage flowers?
How can you tell the difference between Comfrey and borage?
What do borage flowers look like?
Is borage invasive?
Are borage stalks poisonous?
Is borage poisonous to dogs?
How do you eat borage flowers?
Can borage have pink flowers?
Is Borage as good as comfrey?
What is similar to Borage?
Does borage have a scent?

How do you identify borage plants?

Up to 60cm tall, this bristly branching annual herb has pointed oval leaves with toothed wavy margins. The bright blue flowers of Borage, each with five pointed recurved petals and an extended column of purple-black-tipped anthers, range from 2 to 12.5m across and grow in loose clusters (cymes).

What Colour are borage flowers?

Borage flowers also range in color from blue, lavender, to purple-pink with a white center, and the petals are soft and tender, offering a subtly crisp and succulent consistency.

How can you tell the difference between Comfrey and borage?

It's easy to tell comfrey and borage apart when they bloom. Borage flowers are always blue while comfrey flowers bloom in white, pink and purple. The flowers have different shapes, as well, with comfrey flowers shaped like bells and borage flowers like stars.

What do borage flowers look like?

Borage, also known as bugloss and starflower (Borago officinalis) is an easily grown hardy annual flowering herb that comes from Mediterranean countries. Pretty star-shaped pure blue flowers are borne from early summer though to autumn, on spreading bushy plants 60cm high.

Is borage invasive?

Borage is not listed as invasive. There are many plants which are rambuctious, but not invasive because they do not out-compete natives in the wild.

Are borage stalks poisonous?

Borage (Borago officinalis) is available as plant parts such as the leaf and flower and borage seed oil. Borage plant parts contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids that are toxic to the liver and lungs and possibly carcinogenic. ... Its leaves, flowers and stalks are edible and taste a little like cucumber.

Is borage poisonous to dogs?

Borage is an amazingly versatile herb. It's wonderful in summer salads and drinks, and its oils are great for your dog's skin, which is why we love it at Lintbells (more about that later).

How do you eat borage flowers?

Borage leaves and flowers have a mild cucumber flavor, and both are delicious in salads. Young leaves are best for eating raw, whereas older leaves can be cooked and served as you would any green leafy vegetable.

Can borage have pink flowers?

Its prolific, pretty flowers, with their strange pointels, are beloved of bees and produced over many months. Though they are typically blue, they may be white, occasionally pink, and sometimes blue changing to pink - a characteristic of the whole borage clan.

Is Borage as good as comfrey?

While comfrey (a perennial) tends to be a good companion for perennial crops, borage (an annual) makes a good companion to both annual and perennial crops.

What is similar to Borage?

Borage

What is Borage? Borage is a annual plant native to Spain. The plant has green "hairy" leaves and pretty star shaped purple flowers. The leaves have a faint smell of cucumber. ...
Substitute for Borage. Burnet, spinach leaves, escarole.
Equivalents. 1 cup (3" pieces) = 3 ounces.

Does borage have a scent?

This Herb Smells Like Cucumber & Garnishes Pimm's Cups. ... Today, five things you should know about the herb borage (besides the fact that it exists).