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Borago officinalis


Borago officinalis

Borage - one of the best bee magnets.



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You're getting brilliant at the photography Wylie, great picture :-)

23 Mar, 2014

 

Fantastic flower and photo. I do not know this flower.

23 Mar, 2014

 

Thanks!
Katarina: This is a herb that tastes like cucumber and the flowers can be used as an edible decoration for salads. The leaves can also be used, but they have a rough texture. It is an annual, and in my climate self-seeding can be a problem. It gets so full of bees that it is almost frightening to go near it.

24 Mar, 2014

 

You can freeze them in ice cubes too Katarina pretty addition to summer drinks :-)
I grew it one year Wylie and self sown seedlings still pop up just the odd 1 or 2 so I leave them they are very pretty.

27 Mar, 2014

 

I turned over a small area to them and poppies. I don't do anything because they have crowded everything else out.

28 Mar, 2014

 

Thank you very much for explanation. I wonder, if you do salads from that?

30 Mar, 2014

 

The leaves are too course to use a lot. You use it to add a cucumber taste as that is what they taste like.

30 Mar, 2014



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