Answer from NGA June 11, You must be signed in before you can post questions or answers. Click here to join! Member Login: Username or email:. I would put a picture up but I have just pulled it all out and I have three bags of leaves and roots. The flowers are very different. Comfrey's are like little bells, whereas borage is star shaped. Borage is an annual, and comfrey a perennial.
Hope that helps? Quote from: ghost61 on October 11, , Borage flowers can be eaten raw and I think they were used in Pimms or some other cocktail. Bees love both plants so always good to have. Always good to have Pimms But as I'm bee-friendly no spraying here I'll share flowers, not the booze!
This fatty acid is a masterful anti-inflammatory agent, battling scalp irritations and circulation issues that disrupt your follicles, keeping them from growing thick, voluminous hair. Borage is a somewhat gangly plant, but because the star-shaped flowers are so vibrant, this isn't really noticed. They're brilliant blue, hanging in downward facing clusters. As the plant matures the stalks and leaves become covered with prickly fuzz.
Borage is a spring-sown crop grown to produce oil which is high in gamma-linolenic acid, an omega 6 fatty acid, explains Nigel Padbury of Technology Crops.
There are many benefits to farmers growing borage , including blackgrass control and having a crop that is unaffected by slugs and pigeons. Starflower oil derived from borage contains a particularly high concentration of Gamma Linoleic Acid GLA , an Omega 6 fatty acid that helps soothe your dog's sensitive skin.
As dogs can't produce their own Essential Fatty Acids, they need to get them through their diet or supplements. Are borage and comfrey the same thing? Category: hobbies and interests beekeeping. Comfrey Symphytum officinale and Borage Borago officinalis are members of the same family Boraginaceae.
Comfrey Russian or common has a reputation for improving soil, but Borage doesn't receive the same enthusiasm, probably because it readily self-sows and can become invasive. What can I do with comfrey leaves? Can you eat comfrey? How big does Comfrey grow? How do you harvest comfrey leaves? Harvesting Your Comfrey. What is comfrey for? How do you take care of borage? Thanks for the reply!! I hope you are right! If so, then I would strongly urge you to stop eating it.
Salves was correct! I made an infused oil with the leaves then added melted beeswax to make it a salve. I just have started researching compared and notice that there seems to be some confusion between compared and borage.
Can you give me guidelines as to how to tell them apart? I have something growing that I did not plant. The flowers look like the ones of compared, but a neighbor said it was borage. Borage and comfrey are easy to tell apart. Comfrey has purple bell shaped flowers, dark green leaves and is a perennial. I planted one borage a few years ago and now have hundreds of seedlings that pop up every year in one raised bed.
The bees seem to love the flowers. How would you recommend controlling the borage while at the same time leaving enough for the bees to enjoy? Remove most of the flowers before they produce seed. Curious about why someone would choose to put comfrey in their garden vs borage.
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