Herb / Warm season
Common Borage
Pollinator patches and informal herb borders.
Cucumber-like edible flowers used sparingly.
Seed spacing and maturity
- Days to maturity
- 60
- Germination temperature
- 60-80F
- Seed depth
- 0.25 inches
- Spacing
- 18 inches
- Row spacing
- 24 inches
- Start method
- Direct sow
Frost-date timing
- Direct sow
- 7 days after last frost
Action plan
- Can I plant this now?
- Use your local last-frost, first-frost, and soil-temperature checks before treating this crop as plantable today.
- Start indoors or direct sow?
- Direct sow into the final bed when the soil temperature, seed depth, and moisture are ready.
- How much space?
- 18 inches in-row spacing, 24 inches between rows, and 0.25 inch seed depth.
- Best companions?
- Use this as part of a diverse flowering or herb planting, and treat companion claims as site-specific rather than guaranteed pest control.
- Common failure modes?
- Can self-sow heavily; deadhead if volunteer seedlings are unwanted. Moderate water during establishment. Average, well-drained soil.
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Moderate water during establishment.
- Soil
- Average, well-drained soil.
- Watch
- Can self-sow heavily; deadhead if volunteer seedlings are unwanted.
- pollinators
- edible-flowers
- self-sows
- beneficial-insects
Browse context
- Herb Catalog Category collection
- Borage Family Rotation and family context
- Warm Season Seeds Season collection
- Direct Sow Seeds Start-method collection
- Beginner-Friendly Seeds Practical trait collection
- High Pollinator Value Seeds Practical trait collection
- Quick-Maturity Seeds Practical trait collection
- Part-Shade-Tolerant Seeds Practical trait collection
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Source: UMN companion planting guide