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I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the boraginaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.

Botanical name	Common name	Category	Flowers	Size
Borago officinalis	borage	annual	blue (summer)	1-3'
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' and 'Variegata'	false forget-me-not	perennial	blue (April-May)	12"
Cerinthe major Purpurescens	honeywort	annual	purple (spring-summer)	30"
Cynoglossum amabile	Chinese forget-me-not	annual	blue (summer)	12-18"
Cynoglossum nervosum	Chinese forget-me-not	perennial (Z5-9)	blue (late spring-early summer)	18-24"
Cynoglossum wallichii	prickly houndstongue	annual/biennial	blue	3'
Echium plantagineum	viper's bugloss	annual	various colors, white-lavender-blue (summer)	2-3'
Echium russicum		biennial (Z5-8)	purple-red (summer)	18-24"
Eritrichium sibiricum			blue	15"
Hackelia floribunda	manyflower stickseed	biennial/perennial	blue (May)	12"
Heliotropium arborescens	heliotrope; cherry pie	tender perennial (Z9-11)	violet	36"
Lindelofia longiflora		perennial (Z6-9)	blue (spring)	18-24"
Lithodora diffusa 'Grace Ward'	shrubby gromwell	perennial (Z6-10)	blue (spring)	6"
Mertensia maritima	gray oysterleaf	perennial (Z4-10)	blue	to 6"
Mertensia pterocarpa	Japanese bluebells	perennial (Z4)	blue	6-12"
Mertensia simplicissima		perennial (Z6-8)	blue (summer)	6"
Mertensia virginica	Virginia bluebells	perennial	blue-purple	1-2 ft
Myosotis scorpioides	true forget-me-not; water forget-me-not	perennial (Z3-8)	soft blue (summer)	12-18"
Nemophila menziesii 'Penny Black'	baby blue-eyes; five-spot	annual	dark purple/white	6-12"
Onosma echioides	golden drops	perennial (Z7?)	pale yellow (summer)	6-12"
Onosma sorgerae ssp. sorgerae
Phacelia tanacetifolia	fiddleneck	annual	blue
Pontechium maculatum		biennial/perennial	purple-red (late spring)
Pulmonaria longifolia 'E.B. Anderson' and 'Diana Clare'	longleaf lungwort	perennial (Z3-8)	blue (mid-spring)	6"
Pulmonaria officinalis	lungwort	perennial	blue and pink (early spring)	12"
Pulmonaria rubra	Christmas cowslip; red lungwort	perennial	pinkish red (April)	12"
Pulmonaria saccharata 'De Vroomen's Pride'	Bethlehem sage	perennial	blue/pink (April-May)	12"
Symphytum officinale	comfrey	perennial (Z4-9)	purple (spring)	2'

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Last modified: December 11, 2014
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