Herb
White Borage
B tier
White borage produces pure white star flowers on otherwise typical bristly plants. Culinary leaf character stays cucumber-cool; white forms suit pale plates and night gardens where blue might dominate the palette. Seed lines labelled alba or white borage hold the colour. Use flowers where a white garnish reads cleaner than blue against cream soups. Leaves cook and chop like common borage. Slightly less common in packets—order named white seed if colour matters for events.
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Gardeners selected white-flowered borage sports for ornamental contrast.
Seed catalogues listed white borage beside blue strains.
Wedding and event catering used white borage for monochrome edible décor.
Specialty herb nurseries kept white borage in edible-flower lists.