Borage Or Not?

[Fitzer]

My dear wife is convinced this is Borage, I think it’s not and is just an unsightly weed (well maybe not unsightly but not Borage), your thoughts please ABers?
https://flic.kr/p/24b5d3G

[Toorak]

Looks like comfrey to me

[Toorak]

It is a devil to get rid of but if you put it in water it makes xcellent fertilizer

[Fitzer]

Thank you, I have just looked up comfrey and the description of bell-shaped flowers doesn’t fit. As I know zip about plants all suggestions are welcomed and appreciated as at least I then have something to compare to :-)

[Buenchico]

It looks like one of speedwells to me:
https://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/woodland-flowers/blue-flowers/speedwells/

[Prudie]

It's definitely not Borage which has star shaped flowers that hang down in clusters.

[mightymouse]

It is not Borage, though it is related. I reckon it is Green Alkanet....Pentaglossis sempervirens. Albeit attractive when flowering, this is a very invasive weed, and you should get rid of it. It seeds everywhere, and has long black tap-roots which are difficult to dig out. Good luck!!!

[gulliver1]

Yes it is from the Borage family, we used to call it forget-me-not

[Fitzer]

Thank you all, Green Alkanet it is and a pain in the behind it is too!

[rowanwitch]

Alkanet? Might be an anchusa same family. Same *** pest hit it with roundup and any regrowth all summer. Then dig out the roots and it will still come back. The leaves rot down well though

[dannyk13]

Probably is, check out these photos:-
https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=yl7xWoiNM8rRgAa53K6wCg&q=borage+photos&oq=borage+photo&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0j0i22i30k1l6.970466.977044.0.980004.

[Sqad]

No.....that has never done anything for me........oh!! I thought it said Bondage......sorry.

[Prudie]

^ exactly, it's not the borage known as the herb - as I described the flowers yesterday. They may all stem from the same family.

[diddlydo]

Definitely alkanet - not borage or comfrey or forget-me-not!

[Chipchopper]

I have both, forgetmenot and alkanet in my garden (love em) and as I suspected the alkanet was a perfect match, when I took a couple of samples to check.
The leaves of forgetmenot are much more linear, unlike the broader leaf of the alkanet.