Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Borage
Borago officinalis · Borage
Herbs · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Borage has hairy leaves and hanging, blue, star-shaped flowers.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Water while establishing and through prolonged dry spells; avoid standing water.
Soil & drainage
Ordinary, well-drained soil with generous space for broad hairy leaves.
Temperature
Plan sowing for the crop’s preferred season. Protect young plants and containers from severe frost; local conditions affect timing.
Planting
Direct sow about 1 cm deep. Thin to roughly 60 cm; its taproot makes later transplanting difficult.
Harvest
Enjoy the flowers as a pollinator display. This care guide does not recommend ingesting this plant.
Through the seasons
Remove fading flowers before seed forms if you want to limit self-seeding. Support large plants if exposed to wind.
When your plant needs help
- Give the wide plant generous space and remove seed heads if unwanted seedlings are a problem.
Pets & little ones
This page is a growing guide, not an ingestion, dosage or medical recommendation. Confirm safety independently before any use and keep unverified plant material away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.