i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

[kattabelly]

The flowers and young leaves are nice in salads, or used to flavour cold drinks in the summer.

 

[pollipazzi]

The flowers and young leaves are nice in salads, or used to flavour cold drinks in the summer.

yes! i have heard that! i haven't tried it though.

 

[alinas2010]

no. not really.
i tasted the flowers just to see what it was like and it's sort of cucumberyish.
i planted it one year for the bees i think. it drops its seeds and grows all around. so they are back every year. it gets a little unruly, but the bees really love it. i just pull out the little plants where i don't want them to grow.
i remember using the flowers to decorate a cheese board for some dinner i had or something. it looked pretty on the board.
my friend makes tea with the flowers. i have never tried that. i'm more of a coffee person.

I’m a coffee person, too. But now I might have to try borage. I grew chamomile to try in tea, but haven’t yet. Gonna have to get a little crazy this year and make some tea lol

The flowers and young leaves are nice in salads, or used to flavour cold drinks in the summer.

Especially with this advice! I love cold drink infusions.

 

[pollipazzi]

I’m a coffee person, too. But now I might have to try borage. I grew chamomile to try in tea, but haven’t yet. Gonna have to get a little crazy this year and make some tea lol

Especially with this advice! I love cold drink infusions.

i have chamomile growing too. haha! it just grows there and smells good. i don't use it for anything.
i'm starting to think i might be lazy!

i did can a lot of stuff though. and froze a lot. so i am not TOO lazy.

 

[pollipazzi]

also. i baked 2 kinds of christmas cookies today. i hope that i am redeeming myself for my lazy gardening

the last ones are in the oven. that's enough kitchening for one day.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

no. not really.
i tasted the flowers just to see what it was like and it's sort of cucumberyish.
i planted it one year for the bees i think. it drops its seeds and grows all around. so they are back every year. it gets a little unruly, but the bees really love it. i just pull out the little plants where i don't want them to grow.
i remember using the flowers to decorate a cheese board for some dinner i had or something. it looked pretty on the board.
my friend makes tea with the flowers. i have never tried that. i'm more of a coffee person.

It’s incredibly floppy once it hits its stride, but I can forgive it anything for the incredible blue of its flowers, plus a heaven for bumblebees.

If someone wanted to plant it in an ornamental (for looks) border, you’d want to plant it toward the middle or back.

For once the blue filters aren’t faking it; this is truly their color:
https://sowtrueseed.com/products/borage?_pos=1&_sid=f33b840fc&_ss=r

Edit to add: almost forgot, it either comes back from seed or from roots, because it keeps reappearing in the same spot.

 

[pollipazzi]

It’s incredibly floppy once it hits its stride, but I can forgive it anything for the incredible blue of its flowers, plus a heaven for bumblebees.

If someone wanted to plant it in an ornamental (for looks) border, you’d want to plant it toward the middle or back.

For once the blue filters aren’t faking it; this is truly their color:
https://sowtrueseed.com/products/borage?_pos=1&_sid=f33b840fc&_ss=r

Edit to add: almost forgot, it either comes back from seed or from roots, because it keeps reappearing in the same spot.

have you used any of it for any food or drink purposes?
i think you described it perfectly

 

[pollipazzi]

i recently saw white borage seeds for sale. i think they are pretty too. i was thinking of planting some near the blue. but do i need that much borage?

https://seedsireland.ie/products/bo...1zilpX-myDNMiIm7ZOVZEjd6X-WuqIggaAiL9EALw_wcB

 

[BDutch]

no. not really.
i tasted the flowers just to see what it was like and it's sort of cucumberyish.
i planted it one year for the bees i think. it drops its seeds and grows all around. so they are back every year. it gets a little unruly, but the bees really love it. i just pull out the little plants where i don't want them to grow.
i remember using the flowers to decorate a cheese board for some dinner i had or something. it looked pretty on the board.
my friend makes tea with the flowers. i have never tried that. i'm more of a coffee person.

The flowers look nice and can be eaten in a salad. The taste is a bit like cucumber.
The Dutch name is cucumberherb.

 

[RoyalChick]

have you used any of it for any food or drink purposes?
i think you described it perfectly

Both leaves and flowers are edible. Use in salads or as garnish. You can also cook it like spinach.
I vaguely remember my mother once making borage soup with sour cream maybe?
Borage is the classic garnish in Pimms - though now largely replaced by mint.