Borage 'Blue and White Mix' Seeds

Yes. The flowers have a mild, cucumber-like taste and are used to decorate drinks, salads and desserts, fresh or candied. Pull each flower gently out of its hairy green sepals before use. Young leaves can also be eaten, though older ones turn coarse and bristly.

Sow outdoors from April to June, straight into the spot where it will flower, as borage grows fast and does not need starting indoors. For earlier flowers, sow in pots under cover in March and plant out in spring.

Borage is an annual, so each plant lives for one season, but it drops plenty of seed and seedlings usually appear the following spring. Deadhead the flowers as they fade if you want to limit how far it spreads.

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