Edible Flower Seeds - Borage Azure Blue - 50 Seed Pack
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Edible Flower Seeds - Borage Azure Blue - 50 Seed Pack
Borage Azure Blue is an annual plant producing leaves that taste like cucumber and produces edible flowers. These flowers can be used in summery drinks, salads, sandwiches and desserts.
Borage flowers are very attractive to bees which makes them great to plant to increase pollination of neighbouring crops.
- Growing Difficulty: Easy
- Soil: Use soil that has moderate organic matter. Make sure soil has enough drainage to allow water to drain freely.
- Sowing: Spring
- Germination: 5 – 17 days
- Days to flowering: 70 – 90 days
- Position: Sun to partial shade
- Spacing: 30 x 30 cm
- Sow Depth: 1 cm
- Height: 60 cm
Growing Recommendations:
Sow seeds in early spring after threat of frost. Plant in full sun to ensure lots of flowers and strong stems.
Uses:
Young leaves can be ground up and used in teas. Use vibrant blue flowers in summery drinks, salads, sandwiches and desserts. Borage seed oil is used is produced commercially for use in health supplements.
Historical Origins
Borage (Borago officinalis) is an annual herb of the family Boraginaceae. Native to the Mediterranean, but now grown across the world today. Borage flowers have medicinal and culinary applications. Today, the plant is grown commercially for it’s seed oil that is used in health supplements
