Yes you can eat them – they look beautiful on salads especially with a sprinkling of marigold petals – make sure you pinch them off the hairy sepals before eating or sprinkling.
That sounds so lovely, we have both in my veg garden and a special occasion coming up, so a great excuse to try this. Thanks.
Oooh exciting! 😉
The borage flowers are great in salads; the flowers, and the seeds are edible. Borage is considered a super food.
I did not know that, I must admit to never having eaten the flowers or the seeds. I am going to rectify that though, in the past I’ve only had the leaves flavour a well known alcoholic drink!
We have been thinking a lot recently about the bee friendly plants we could add to the garden this autumn. Yet, in the garden at the moment all the self-seeded borage is full of bees! And there has been borage on the go all summer long. Amelia
Currently Borage is attracting the most attention, I have self sown wild Oregano that also does well, my Phacelia has self seeded and may just flower again before winter, I’d say those three, Lavender, Nepeta and Verbena bonariensis are my top six. There are a few plants that I was going to remove such as Lychnis coronaria, another self seeder, but recently I have noticed Hoverflies are attracted to it. My gaps are in the Winter, I lost a mature Mahonia last year and want to replace that and add some Witch Hazel. Our local farmer has just dug out all of the Pussy Willow along his field margin, I am not sure why except there is likely to be an increased crop area, although that part is often boggy. So thinking I should find space for one here as I have a wetter part in this garden.
I discovered borage this year and love it, as did the bees. Pretty much spent at this point, though – but I understand I should never have to plant it again!
A lovely shot – the subdued colors seem to work especially well to shade the stopped action of the bee. I’m admiring the way the flower petals droop down so delicately, as if to say they are “for” the bee and not those of us standing removed, well above. Nice capture!
Gardening Jules 
Borage flowers for ice-cubes too – Pimms anyone?
Great photo.
I haven’t done either with Borage flowers, but think that needs remedying! 🙂
Definitely! A last hurrah to Summer – Cheers!
Nice flower ! In french, it’s call : “bourrache” and i think we can eat such fower
Your word for Borage sounds so poetic Christiane, ours does not do this flower justice. I think you can eat it too, but I haven’t tasted one yet.
Yes you can eat them – they look beautiful on salads especially with a sprinkling of marigold petals – make sure you pinch them off the hairy sepals before eating or sprinkling.
That sounds so lovely, we have both in my veg garden and a special occasion coming up, so a great excuse to try this. Thanks.
Oooh exciting! 😉
The borage flowers are great in salads; the flowers, and the seeds are edible. Borage is considered a super food.
I did not know that, I must admit to never having eaten the flowers or the seeds. I am going to rectify that though, in the past I’ve only had the leaves flavour a well known alcoholic drink!
We have been thinking a lot recently about the bee friendly plants we could add to the garden this autumn. Yet, in the garden at the moment all the self-seeded borage is full of bees! And there has been borage on the go all summer long. Amelia
Currently Borage is attracting the most attention, I have self sown wild Oregano that also does well, my Phacelia has self seeded and may just flower again before winter, I’d say those three, Lavender, Nepeta and Verbena bonariensis are my top six. There are a few plants that I was going to remove such as Lychnis coronaria, another self seeder, but recently I have noticed Hoverflies are attracted to it. My gaps are in the Winter, I lost a mature Mahonia last year and want to replace that and add some Witch Hazel. Our local farmer has just dug out all of the Pussy Willow along his field margin, I am not sure why except there is likely to be an increased crop area, although that part is often boggy. So thinking I should find space for one here as I have a wetter part in this garden.
A stunning capture of bee and bloom. Well done!
Thank you Tina!
I discovered borage this year and love it, as did the bees. Pretty much spent at this point, though – but I understand I should never have to plant it again!
Its a self seeder Jason! Over here its still going strong, but I cut it back early on and the new growth and flowers look very fresh still.
Borage is always too shy to speak. Nice work!
Thanks so much! 🙂
Gorgeous!
Beautiful! What a gorgeous shade of blue. 🙂
I saw a cake decorated in these blue borage flowers the other day which looked gorgeous, just need to brush up on my cake making skills though!
Gorgeous photo!
Thanks Debra,I’m enjoying the September light this year.
A lovely shot – the subdued colors seem to work especially well to shade the stopped action of the bee. I’m admiring the way the flower petals droop down so delicately, as if to say they are “for” the bee and not those of us standing removed, well above. Nice capture!
Thanks! I really like that aspect of Borage flowers too, rather than some of those attention seeking heads up showy and blowsy flowers. 🙂