General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12 to 18 inches
Plant Spread: 18 to 24 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Purple
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Early-Flowering Borage
  • Borage
  • Abraham-Isaac-Jacob
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Trachystemon orientale
  • Synonym: Borago orientalis
  • Synonym: Trachystemon orientalis

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Location: sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Date: 2024-03-03
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-04-02
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2023-03-25
Location: St Louis
Date: 2020-03-28
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2007-02-24
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-04-02
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Uploaded by aleema
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2007-03-17
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2007-03-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: St Louis
Date: 2020-03-28

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-25

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

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