Forget Me Not

Forget-me-not, or Myosotis is a flower that is often underrated... taken for granted. In my area, it grows wild, and is so tolerant that it is easy to think of it as a weed. My mother-in-law allows it to grow in the border wherever it self-seeds, because it is attractive and non-invasive. But she does not regard it as being a 'real' garden flower, and this attitude seems to be a popular one, at least as far as I have found. I too have allowed the plant to grow wild, removing it from borders when it becomes straggly. At this point it is still full of the tiny blue flowers with their yellow star centres, but I like to see compact plants, and the wild ...  Read the complete review

Forget- me- not (Myosotis alpestris) really lives up to it's name. A biennial, plant one year, seed sown, sets and produces new plants the next year that will freely seed where ever you plant the first clump. Forget-me-nots traditionally have a blue flower but there is also a pink variety and in my garden, an almost white variety has developed on it's own. The plants have soft leaves and are quite bushy in appearance when established. The blue mass of flowers spike up over the leaves and can grow to a height of around 1'. They will tolerate any soil, any position but really prefer a well mulched free draining soil and will tolerate full sun. ...  Read the complete review

Forget me not, no please do not forget me . I am a pretty blue flower that makes your spring day bright with my beautiful little blue flowers ( My proper name is Myosotis) I am easy to grow and cheap to buy my seeds. My seeds are packaged by most seed companies and can be found in garden centres and supermarkets everywhere. I am a biennial this means I need two growing seasons before I flower this means that after sowing I produce leaves then I rest over the winter gaining energy to flower the following year The best time to sow me is in the mid summer you can sow me where you want me to flower by preparing a seedbed. You can either sow ...  Read the complete review

I bought just three forget-me-not plants about six years ago. They flowered beautifully and looked good in my front garden. I planted them fairly close together to get the benefit of a clump of blue flowers rather than have then spread out. These are very hardy little plants and they have survived frozen winters in 'far north' without any sign of damage. After all these years these pretty little blue flowers have become a real nuisance. They dry out at the end of summer and if you don't catch them quickly enough they seed themselves absolutely anywhere and everywhere. The seeds are particularly light so they do travel a long way ...  Read the complete review

While I will admit that there is little to match the beauty of a patch of forget-me-nots, in my opinion they self seed to enthusiasistically for most borders/small gardens. I introduced a very small clump to my garden 3 years ago - I'm still trying to control it. It has travelled so far it must have a driving licence. Another problem is the seeds - they germinate within a very short time of being sown [when self seeded] so they tend to drown out any other plants, nearby, come Spring. I must admit though that planted with bluebells against a backdrop of New Zealand flax [bronze] it looks beautiful. Just make sure you have the room or the patience to let it rip. ...  Read the complete review