Borage is an essential and easy plant to add to any garden. It self-sows readily, it’s fully edible, and the flowers are both beautiful and bee-attractants. Learn exactly how to grow it and a few key planting techniques from Kevin in this video.
00:00 – Intro
00:27 – Borage History
01:00 – Benefits
01:59 – Varieties
03:54 – Companion Planting
06:09 – Propagation
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Who sees the easter egg in this video?
I love borage, but oh boy is it invasive.
do you stake your borage? Mine tends to flop over
how good is borage for butterflies?
My bees don’t seem to like the white borage I tried this year. The blue is always a winner and comes back every year (like 20!) right after a good rain in March.
i have some squash plants growing and theres some borage growing around them and they always do quite well together. i havent had a problem with squash vine borer since ive been planting these two together and its been several years now.
Is it possible to grow an olive tree in your climate?
Are you planning to extracting the oil from the seed? Is it for eating or for something else?
Amazing flower ! Hope I ll find this borage plant in my area
I just had borage randomly show up in a raised bed of mine. Only in one spot where lettuce should be. Weird i didnt know what it was till a few days ago when it flowered
Borage: plant it once, and never have to plant it again! I like to pop off a young flower to nibble on while I'm working in the garden. Some of them are more bristly than others.
I have blue and white borage and it’s invasive if you grow it in the ground. I only grow in containers. Bees and butterflies love it.
So I’m really afraid of growing this due to the tales of it being invasive? Any thoughts on that? I tried getting rid of my Mexican primrose and after 3 years I gave up lol.
It direct sows SO easy! I love Blue Borage. I collect the seeds that drop as well. It's crazy insane
Our paddocks are pretty compacted, I think I might sow a bunch of this up there and let those taproots go to work on it.
Is it to late to plant Borage?
Awww love it! I just planted my seedling plant. I just found borage this year. I love the history you spoke about. It’s so pretty
I rather deal with borage than weeds in my garden
I have both had cooked young Borage leaves like spinach and I feed borage to my daughter’s chickens and geese, along with Comfrey and oregano. I use borage and comfrey leaves, stems layering in compost bin and as mulch for my trees and plants in pots. I don’t eat Borage continuously, I just eat a variety of veggies throughout the week.
Sauté it, use it in stews and soups in the winter, the flowers are edible etc. etc.
I didn't see the easter egg lol! I love borage and you're right, it self-seeds like crazy. I actually have had it growing out of cracks in the patio pavement. Same with nasturtiums and black-eyed Susans.
Great. Idea. Pretty garden
Kevin, do you put Borage in your man’s drink?
I read that it also helps with repelling the hornworm moth from laying eggs in tomatoes. is that true?
I see you're channeling V-sauce style random pop-into-screen opening, here. xD
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Anyway, thanks for talking about a plant that I've not thus far seen much mentioned in intro-level articles etc. aimed at newbie gardeners. Variety (from the same-old recommendations) aside, it sounds like a really useful and underrated plant. I'll add it to my look-more-into list. : )
Mine started dying off around early June. I wasn't sure if they were just getting old or if they don't like the heat?
I pulled this out of my garden when it volunteered last summer cause I thought it was a weed!!
Among other uses, in northern Italy the borage leaves are used in a recipe to make tasty "tortellini"