Borage flowers are an intense, startling blue colour and nod attractively in the breeze. Pairs of oval, hairy, crinkled leaves are topped by drooping sprays of star-shaped flowers. The whole plant has a bristly appearance. Flowers can be added to salads and to summer drinks, especially Pimms, which the slightly cucumbery taste of borage matches perfectly! Borage is extremely attractive to bees.
A pleasant thing to do with long summer drinks is to place a single borage flower in each ice-cube compartment, top up with water and freeze. The resulting blue-flowered cubes look attractive in tall glasses, and add that little something extra to a gin and tonic! Sip, sit back, and enjoy the sounds and sights of wildlife in your garden.
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