Borage - All You Need To Know - Gardenia
Native to the Mediterranean region, Borage (Borago officinalis) is a spreading annual boasting a profusion of open racemes of beautiful, star-shaped, bright blue flowers from early summer to the first frost. The slightly nodding blossoms rise atop …
Borage - Wikipedia
Borage (/ ˈ b ʌr ɪ dʒ / ⓘ [2] or / ˈ b ɒr ɪ dʒ /; [3] Borago officinalis), also known as starflower, is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae native to the Mediterranean region.
How to Grow and Care for Borage - The Spruce
2024年8月14日 · The borage plant (Borago officinalis) is an herb with the flavor of cucumbers and brilliant blue flowers. Read on to learn about this versatile plant.
How to Grow Borage Plants: The Complete Guide - The Old …
Borage is one of our favorite herbs. It’s an edible annual herb with both culinary and medicinal uses. Plus, it’s beautiful with blue star-shaped flowers, and it’s famous for drawing butterflies, pollinators, and beneficial insects to the garden. Learn how to plant, grow, and care for borage.
Borago officinalis - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Borago officinalis is native to the Mediterranean region. It is a rough, sprawling annual that grows to 1-3’ tall. It features showy, open racemes of drooping, star-shaped, bright blue flowers in summer atop branched stems clad with wrinkled, edible, dull gray-green leaves (to 6” long) having the taste and fragrance of cucumber.
Borago officinalis (Borage, Cool Tankard, Cover Crop, Starflower ...
Borago Species: officinalis Family: Boraginaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): The flowers are used for creating a blue dye. Once added to an acid, it will turn pink. Life Cycle: Annual Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: Mediterranean Wildlife Value: Attracts bees and other wildlife. Play Value: Attracts Pollinators ...
Borage Monograph - HerbRally
Description/Taxonomy: Borage is a common weed native to the Mediterranean region and is thought to originate from southern Spain and Morocco and is a member of the comfrey family (Boraginaceae). It is a rough, sprawling annual that grows to 1-3’ tall.
15 Reasons To Grow Borage + Ways To Use It - Rural Sprout
2020年5月11日 · Borage is the common name for Borago officinalis. It is also known as starflower. This is an annual flowering plant. It flowers from around June right through to October in most temperate climates, and grows to around two feet in height at a medium rate. In warmer climes it may even bloom almost continuously for most of the year.
Borage (Borago officinalis) - Garden.org - The National …
Borage (Borago officinalis) is a larval host plant for the Painted Lady Butterfly. A native of the Mediterranean, its leaves are cultivated for borage seed oil, which has a variety of medicinal uses.
Borage | Herbal Medicine, Edible Leaves, Medicinal Uses | Britannica
2024年12月2日 · borage, (Borago officinalis), an edible and ornamental plant with loose drooping clusters of starlike bright blue flowers, in the family Boraginaceae. Borage is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and is cultivated in various parts of …