Description
Season
Sun
Year Round
15 – 25°C
Sow
Depth: 3 mm
Spacing: 30 x 30 cm
Germinate
7 – 14 days
Harvest
120 – 150 days
Height: 80 – 100 cm
Traditionally cultivated for culinary and medicinal uses, leaves have a cucumber like taste. Can be used as either fresh in salads or as a dried herb. Used in soups, as a filling for pastas, or pickiling. The flower has a sweet honey-like taste and is often used to decorate desserts and cocktails such as Pimms or Gin
BOTANICAL NAME: Borago Officinalis
COMMON NAME: Borage, Bee Bush, Bee Bread, Starflower
AFRIKAANS NAME: Komkommerkruid
Sun
Year Round
15 – 25°C
Depth: 3 mm
Spacing: 30 x 30 cm
7 – 14 days
120 – 150 days
Height: 80 – 100 cm