I have borage in my garden. Some say the leaves go well with a cucumber salad, but I have never tried it. I bought a paket of seeds about 3 years ago, and now it does it all itself. It seeds up about three times a year. This particular plant had buds in November and I never thought it would survive the Swiss winter, but it was a strong one and did not give up. We also had a mild winter, less frost and not very much snow. This is the result, a simple plant, but a wonderful splash of blue in the garden.
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
Very beautiful…
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Simple but leaves an impact.
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I don’t want to be more catholic than the Pope, but we do have the 2nd of May, for sure in Switzerland it is the same, isn’t it?
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🙂
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Five years ago, I planted two wild strawberry plants. They gave me years of pretty red flowers and the occasional delicious better 🙂 Maybe borage will grow here too.
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It seems to be that boraage grows everywhere and anywhere, at least I had no problem. It is always a pleasant surprise to recognise that yet another stalk is appearing where you do not expect it to. I grew real good juicy strawberies for a few years, but it became too much work.Putting the straw between the plants and moving the bed every three years. I had a great harvest, but I decided it was not really worth the effort, although home grown strawberries had naturally more taste that bought strawberries.
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I have never seen this before. Wonderful 😀
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It is quite common here in Europe. Very easy to grow, a sort of do-it-yourself plant. Some might call them a weed, but for me weeds do not exist. They all have something special.
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Try a handful of the flowers in a fresh salad. Bright and quite sweet.
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I would, but Mr. Swiss gets suspicious about eating flowers.
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Just for curiosity, is that Rosemary growing next to the borage — or tarragon?
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It’s rosemary, the borage grows where it falls, and it fell into my herb bed. next instalment of the flower of the day follows – watch this space. 🙂
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