Corsican borage
Small borage endemic to Corsica and Sardinia with nodding pale blue bells; of local, limited value to beekeepers, grown as a shade ornamental.
- Nectar
- Medium
- Pollen
- Low
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0.2-0.5 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Corsican borage is an endemic borage of stream banks and damp, shady, stony places on Corsica, Sardinia and the small islands around them. Its trailing or semi-erect stems bear small, nodding, pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Compared with common borage, Borago officinalis, it has much smaller flowers and is perennial. It is known to be visited by bees, but measured data on its importance for honey bees are almost non-existent.
Flowering
It flowers over a long period from April to August, with sparse flowers.
Honey and pollen
It has no honey of its own; its range is so small that it makes no economic contribution to beekeeping.
Note for the beekeeper
It is sold as a rock-garden plant for shady, damp corners of the garden and can be considered a bee-friendly ornamental. For sowing aimed at honey bees, annual borage is a far more productive choice.