Raw / fresh
Use edible flowers sparingly as colourful garnishes, salad accents, teas, or infused syrups when the plant is known edible.
Flowers
Borage growing guide
Hardy annual with intensely blue star-shaped flowers. One of the best companion plants — repels tomato hornworm and attracts pollinators. Flowers are edible.
7-14 daysGermination
55-70 daysHarvest
30 cmSpacing
1 cmSow depth
Full/PartSun
HardyFrost
1.5 cm/weekWater
6-7pH
Planting calendar by climate
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| Climate | Sow | Transplant / Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical | Apr - Aug | Apr - Aug | Jan - Dec |
| Subtropical | Aug - Nov | Aug - Nov | Oct - Feb |
| Mediterranean | Sep - Nov | Sep - Nov | Nov - Feb |
| Temperate | Sep - Nov | Sep - Nov | Nov - Feb |
| Cool | Sep - Nov | Sep - Nov | Nov - Feb |
| Arid | Sep - Nov | Sep - Nov | Nov - Feb |
Cooking and eating ideas
A quick garden-to-table guide for using Borage after harvest.
Cooked
Use edible blooms in teas, fritters, syrups, baking, or as a garnish after cooking.
Store / preserve
Dry edible petals for tea or decoration where appropriate.
Try: Salad garnish, Tea, Syrup, Edible decoration.
Good companions
Tomato, Strawberry, Squash, Cabbage
Avoid near
No avoid list yet.
Growing note
Self-seeds prolifically — deadhead or it will take over. Flowers can be frozen in ice cubes.
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