Featured Seed/Plant
Meet Borage: A Pollinator Powerhouse
FeatureWhy It Matters to Your Garden
Rapid Nectar Refill: Borage refills its nectar wells every 2-5 minutes, providing a near-endless food supply for visiting insects
.The "Blue Cue" : Bees are naturally drawn to the blue spectrum. These vibrant, star-shaped blooms act as an irresistible neon sign for foragers
.Long-Blooming Support: Produces continuous blossoms from early summer to first frost, feeding pollinators when other food sources grow scarce.
The Ultimate Companion : Attracts predatory wasps and hoverflies whose larvae consume common pests like aphids and tomato hornworms.
A Companion Plant Superstar
1. The Ultimate Pollinator Magnet
If you want your squash, tomatoes, and cucumbers to produce maximum yields, you need bees—and borage is like a neon open sign for pollinators. Its vibrant, star-shaped blue flowers produce an incredibly high amount of nectar. Even better, borage refills its nectar reservoirs remarkably fast, keeping honeybees, bumblebees, and native pollinators buzzing around your garden all day long.
2. Natures' Best Neighbor
Borage is one of nature’s best neighbors, particularly for strawberries and tomatoes.
For Strawberries: It is traditional folklore (backed by modern observation) that planting borage near strawberries significantly improves the flavor and yield of the berries.
For Tomatoes: Borage deters the dreaded tomato hornworm. It also helps deter pests like cabbage worms while attracting beneficial predatory insects that eat aphids and mites.
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