Without bees pollinating their flowers, cucumbers would not produce the long, juicy fruits we depend on in summer for whipping up delicious and cooling salads. Enter borage, a star of a companion ...

You would be forgiven if you mistook the beautifully blue, star-shaped flowers and rough, hairy stems and leaves of Borago officinalis for a perennial garden stalwart. Borage is, however, a robust ...

Borage, also known as starflower or bee flower, is a plant harvested mostly for its seeds. It’s an annual plant with coarse, hairy leaves. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall and has blue, star-shaped flowers.

Companion planting is based on the idea that, like people, some plants do better with good neighbors. For tomatoes, strawberries and squash, one of the most popular of companion plants is borage ...

You've probably heard gardeners discuss companion planting and how it benefits your garden. But have you heard someone talk about adding borage (Borago officinalis) as a companion plant for better ...

Borage seed oil, sometimes called starflower oil for its herb’s star-shaped flowers, is (like evening primrose oil) one of the few rich plant sources of the essential fatty acid gamma-linolenic acid, ...

Growing kitchen herbs is a tradition around the world. There's nothing quite like picking your own herbs and using them that night for dinner. It may surprise some to discover that not only do most ...

They are native to Mediterranean regions and are now for their edible flowers. Borage plants produce these beautiful flowers and are surprisingly easy to grow in comparison to many outdoor garden ...

Nina asks: My borage plant seems to be rotting from the roots. Is this due to too much water, another disease, or insects? This looks like a case of the wrong plant in the wrong place. We have had a ...