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What is this flower?

skankinpickleskankinpickle Posts: 119
edited May 2023 in Wildlife gardening
So I was mistaken. When I first saw the growth and the "hairy" kind stem I thought this was a foxglove seedling. But weeks on it has now flowered . . 

Does anyone know what this is? It must be my first wildflower success in a bed of failure. 



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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Looks like borage. Is it a seedling that has overwintered from last year. It is usually an annual, and mine are still seedlings.
  • RBMancRBManc Posts: 59
    That looks like Borage - excellent for bees :)
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Borage ,good for encouraging bees
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2023
    Also traditional to float a few of the borage flowers in your jug of Pimms along with wafer thin slices of cucumber and fine sprigs of fresh mint. 🍹 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Nice in salads, too, the flowers taste of cucumber and look really nice with some calendula petals mixed with salad leaves
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • skankinpickleskankinpickle Posts: 119
    Does anyone know how you pronounce Borage?  ;)
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Unless you're posh or nigel. I'm which case, it's borraage.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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