Herbs · Temperate
Borage
Boraginaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 40 cm
- USDA zones
- 4a–10a
- Frost-sensitive
- yes
- Growth duration
- 8 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:sandyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Direct sow
Sow directly into the bed — no pre-culture needed.
Stachi's tip
Borage is a first-class bee magnet. Young leaves taste cucumber-like, blue flowers edible (salad garnish). Self-seeds prolifically — plant once and it stays.
Sowing
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage