Description
Borage
An attractive annual, producing cucumber-flavored leaves and attractive flowers. Use to flavor salads, pickles, cream cheese spreads, and tall drinks or cook and eat like spinach. Makes attractive container plant. Grows to 1-2'
When and where to plant
Select sunny location with light, dry, infertile soil, and sow seed as soon as ground can be worked. Cultivate soil and make successive plantings at 4 week intervals to extend use. Does not transplant well.
Care
Apply water moderately
Harvesting
Clip fresh, young leaves and stems just before flowers open. Harvest flowers just after they open.
- Seed Spacing: 1"
- Row Spacing: 18"
- Days to Germination: 7-14
- Days to Maturity: 80
