Topic: Fields of Borage

[markfield rover]

Pretty on top of a cheesecake (borage) cuts out a lot of the calories.

[Robert_Brenchley]

It's definitely the source of starflower oil. I suppose someone though that sounded better than borage oil. It's a superb bee plant as well; it's become a weed on my plot, and it gets more attention from them than anything else in the garden.

[pye]

Went back that way today, here's some more pics with a camera this time.

It's up round Bledlow Ridge, such pretty countryside and teeming with red kites too. Gorgeous.  :)

[Mrs Ava]

Borage!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D

[Hot_Potato]

What fabulous pictures Pye, lovely to see - a very beautiful flower and definitely Borage :)

[lorna]

Wow Pye. Those pics are just great.

[cazy]

Still breathing Emma.   ;D

[euronerd]

cazy, avoid the "tea". It is unimaginably foul, to the nth degree.

Geoff.

[Mrs Ava]

Phewie cazy!  ;D

Obviously a star flower oil production farm!

[flossie]

Great pictures...can you put them in the random pics so that we can see them often and remember summer and sunshine?

[pigeonseed]

What's the relationship between borage and comfrey - they look similar. I've got loads of comfrey. (don't know why you would want to know that ;-)

[David R]

the borage family includes comfrey, forget me nots, etc.

I drive past fields of borage on the way to work, lovely, but yes, grown commercially in loads of places for its oil.

[pigeonseed]

ah i see - yes they do look similar and i can see a similarity to gorget-me-nots in the colouring of the flowers

[MrsKP]

I want something to fill my front border, never thought of borage even though I've got a few pots of the stuff round the back and up at the lottie.

As it's supposed to self seed everywhere, I may just give that a shot.

 ;D