Borage
Introduction
The young leaves of borage are good for adding to salads, with a taste similar to cucumber. The pretty blue star shaped flowers are edible too. The flowers alone are a good reason to grow the herb, produced in abundance throughout summer, and loved by bees.
Planting
- Sow March - June
Harvesting
- Pick leaves and flowers from late June - October
(inside)
(outside)
(fresh)
(stored)
= jar, 
= freeze, 
= store
Varieties
I am not aware of different varieties of borage, except for the option of buying organically grown seed.
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Growing
Although classified as an annual, my experience is that borage reliably self seeds year after year. I view this as a good thing, but perhaps others may not like the task of weeding away borage plants from all around the garden or allotment.
The plants do not require much soil to grow in, and will germinate in all sorts of corners and crevices. However, borage is best grown in large pots or planted in a border.