This plant thrives in the shade of my Douglas Fir tree. It's a perennial, and for a while, I thought it was borage but I'm a novice garde...Read Morener. My neighbor told me she thinks it seeded from her yard, and now it's taken up a lot of space in mine. It is a lot of work to get out. I have mixed feelings about it because the bees absolutely love it, so I've left it be this season, but it's grown so fast, I think I will have to remove it sooner than later. The seeds are obnoxious and will stick to clothing or fur, they can't be combed but have to be cut out of dog's hair.
I'm not sure how I feel about this plant. It's listed as invasive in WA, and I would agree with that hands down - however, pollinators ar...Read Moree all over it, and it flowers for a good while. I'm trying to decide whether I can keep a patch for them - they like it so well. You can't turn your back on this plant. Volunteers must be dug out before they get to any size as the tap root goes very deep and is forked.
This very unusual borage has naturalized in my garden in Bremerton, Washington (zone 9a). Although it does spread, I keep some for their...Read More showy early spring flowers in brilliant blues, beginning in early to mid-March. It seems to be a rather recent introduction into the Pacific Northwest, not being listed in the Hitchcock and Cronquist (1973) flora of this region.
This plant thrives in the shade of my Douglas Fir tree. It's a perennial, and for a while, I thought it was borage but I'm a novice garde...Read More
I'm not sure how I feel about this plant. It's listed as invasive in WA, and I would agree with that hands down - however, pollinators ar...Read More
This very unusual borage has naturalized in my garden in Bremerton, Washington (zone 9a). Although it does spread, I keep some for their...Read More