• Self-seeding annual
• Culinary and medicinal uses
• Attractive to bees
• Edible flowers

Cultivated for centuries, borage was valued as an infusion to promote courage and as a herb to make a man merry. Certainly it has been added to both wines and beer over the centuries, but one of its folk names bee bread gives a good indication of how popular the flowers are with bees and pollinators.

Plant Care

• Height: 60-100cm
• Type: Hardy
• Aspect: Sun/shade
• Soil: Any/alkaline
• Flower colour: Blue
• Flowering period: June – August