{"id":7347,"date":"2020-05-08T03:18:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T03:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=7347"},"modified":"2020-05-08T03:18:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T03:18:12","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-127-borago-officinalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/08\/plant-a-day-2020-day-127-borago-officinalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 127) Borago officinalis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite its propensity to spread, I\u2019ve always loved borage as a bee plant and a simple herb that adds a carefree spot of color for most of the year. I\u2019ve been growing borage around this garden for over twenty years, mostly around the raised vegetable beds to attract pollinators. One year I grew the white-flowered variety just to have something different. Strangely, most of the seedlings that have come up in the last year are white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n