Best time to plant borage in Newcastle
Borago officinalis
Also called starflower
Sow borage in Newcastle in Aug to Feb.
An annual herb with hairy leaves and star-shaped blue flowers that bees love. The flowers are edible, and it often self-seeds.
When to sow in Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW is in the temperate zone. Its months for borage apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Newcastle
Frost usually arrives in Newcastle around early July and finishes by mid August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid June or as late as late August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: can spread
Self-seeds freely. Pull seedlings that come up where you don't want them, and keep it out of neighbouring plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 10mm
- Plant spacing
- 45cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 100cm
- Germination
- 5-10 days at 20-22°C
- Time to harvest
- 80-90 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Part sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.