Borago officinalis, borage blooms almost exclusively with blue flowers. Those that bloom with white flowers are a naturally rare variant, although a slightly less than natural white blooming variety is available. Although white is my favorite color, I wanted to grow the more common sort that blooms with blue flowers merely because, to me, blue seems like the more natural color for the species. Besides, white borage flowers look rather bland. Actually, I am not much more impressed with blue borage flowers, but wanted to grow borage just to see what all the fuss was about. Though they were not expected to be viable, I was pleased that someone shared some expired seed with me. Because I expected none of them to grow, and expected that even less than none would grow if I delayed sowing them until after winter, I tossed the seed into the cans of other plants in the recovery nursery. I figured that if one or a few grew, I could pull them up and can them separately. Only a few days later, they all seemed to be germinated and growing! I extracted and plugged them into one more six-pack than a full flat of cells, which is forty-two seedlings! The problem is that summer is over, and borage does not overwinter well, even here. I am pleased with them nonetheless, and am confident that some can survive with shelter. I figured that with so many seedlings, that one or more might possibly bloom with white flowers. I noticed floral buds a while ago, so was watching for my first borage bloom. I was not expecting this! What is weirder is that all are blooming like this. Apparently, it is normal for borage to bloom with pink flowers that fade to blue during autumn.
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How pretty! I have never seen a pale pink one like that! I have one growing on my compost heap that got a late start but it is blue.
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These are my first. If I had known that the seed was ‘so’ viable, I would have waited until after winter. I intend to keep a few alive until spring. After that, they will likely self sow wherever I put them. I do not care what color they want to bloom. I have seen white in pictures, and failed to be impressed. Do you find that borage always returns by self sowing?
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Mine always does, although some years more than others. The white one I have always comes back first which annoys me as I really do prefer the blue. The white one does not impress me either but the bees still like it and I am stuck with it!
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Splendid. I would like it to live outside of the garden, or just on the edge, sort of like nasturtiums, but even less reliant on watering. I will favor any that happen to bloom white, and maybe disperse some of their seed (rather than just let them drop them in place), but I will not actually purchase seed for white borage. Blue is still the classic. Pink is just an odd bonus that gives me something to brag about.
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It’s different with the various layers.
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Layers? Do you mean that it fades from pink to blue as it matures, like green leaves turn red as their chlorophyll layer fades?
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