What is it?

**FionaH** · 22-10-2009, 12:18 PM

I would say it is borage

**pipkins** · 22-10-2009, 04:00 PM

Hi,

If it looks a bit like this Pentaglottis sempervirens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is a member of the Borage family

**snohare** · 22-10-2009, 11:07 PM

Looks like the borage that was growing all over my allotment. If it has little spots like drops of spilt paint on the leaves, then that is it. (There are a few other plants with similar sorts of leaves.) Don't know if they are as good, I suspect not, but I've heard that you can harvest the leaves and use them as you would comfrey.

**Reb Williams** · 23-10-2009, 08:57 AM

You can also cook with borage (if you are confident enough that it IS borage).

Reb
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**Newbie** · 24-10-2009, 05:11 PM

many thanks guys, going by the pictures it certainly seems to look like Borage. I'll pot up the little babies that are sprouting up & plant them beside the compost heaps (when i finally get around to moving them to where i want them!)

**Llamas** · 13-11-2009, 02:29 PM

Green Alkanet Pentagottis sempervirens in the borage family - as suggested by pimpkins (Francis Rose The Wildflower Key page 362

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