Solved Borage?

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  1. mazambo

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    I'm pretty certain these are borage seedlings but not 100% and if they are I've sown blue and white borage is there a difference in seedlings?
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      Looks like the borage i grow
       
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      It looks like borage I only grow the blue kind but i t could be comfrey
      Its easy to tell comfrey and borage apart when they bloom. Borage flowers are always blue as far as I know while comfrey flowers bloom in white, pink and purple. The flowers have different shapes, as well, with comfrey flowers shaped like bells and borage flowers like stars. These two plants come from the same family, however, and look quite similar to each other when they aren't blooming. Both have deep green leaves covered in fine hairs, but the leaves of the comfrey reach 8 inches in length while those of the borage generally reach only 6 inches. Borage also tends to be a bit more gangly than comfrey, which grows in tighter clumps. If you're not sure what you have, you can wait until the plant flowers if that helps?
       
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        @Fai & @Janet mahay thanks, I sprinkled a handful of mixed seeds borage among them so I'm 100% certain it's borage from your input.
         
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