Botanical Greetings Card With Borage Seeds

Illustrated blank card with borage seeds to send, sow and grow, featuring Welsh, English and Latin plant names, and Welsh botanical folklore.

Native to the Mediterranean, borage grows wild in wasteland, thriving in poor soil and offering an almost continuous supply of nectar to bees.

Considered sacred by the Druids, soldiers would consecrate their weapons with the star-shaped petals and drink borage-infused wine before battle. Borage for courage was an epithet shared amongst the classical world, where flowers were given to Roman soldiers; ancient naturalists Dioscorides and Pliny the Elder both remark on its emboldening effects.

The Welsh name tafod y fuwch means ‘cow’s tongue’, referring to the tongue-shaped, rough-textured leaves.