Borage
SpeciesBorago officinalis
Also called starflower
Connections
Fact sheet
every fact quoted from its sourceTypeannual
“Annual” — Growing Borage From Seed| Johnny's Selected Seeds
Days to germination31–34.5 days
“7-14 days” — Growing Borage From Seed| Johnny's Selected Seeds
Days to maturity90 days
“roughly 90 days after that” — Growing Borage: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
Hardiness zonesHalf-hardy
“Half-hardy” — Growing Borage: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
Spacing12 in
“12" spacing” — Growing Borage From Seed| Johnny's Selected Seeds
Propagationseed
“seed” — Growing Borage: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
Ready whenas it begins to flower
“as it begins to flower” — Growing Borage From Seed| Johnny's Selected Seeds
Edible partsflowers
“flowers” — Growing Borage From Seed| Johnny's Selected Seeds
Who grows this
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Where this comes from
- Name and place in the family tree: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC BY 4.0)
- Linked record: Wikidata (CC0)
- Wikipedia: Borage
- Fact sheet: 2 source pages, read and quoted by the OmniGrowers Librarian