species
Borago officinalis
Borage · Starflower
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Borago officinalis is a annual in the family Boraginaceae, also known as Borage or Starflower, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It reaches 70 cm tall and 50 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, clay or sand soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from June to September. Its RHS hardiness rating is H4 (hardy): −10 to −5°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 70 cm tall × 50 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H4 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Sand
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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