Forget-me-not
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FORGET-ME-NOT, or Scorpion-Grass (Ger. Vergissmeinnicht, Fr. gremillet, scorpionne), ...
Forget-me-Not
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Forget-me-Not (Myosotis) - Beautiful perennial and biennial marsh and alpine plants, children of the mountain and marsh land from many parts of Europe and our own land, ...
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Must-haves for lightly shaded woodland gardens, these much-loved plants bear tiny but exquisite blue flowers in spring in mild climates.
Forget-me-nots may be annual or perennial plants. Their root systems are generally diffuse. Their seeds are found in small, tulip-shaped pods along the stem to the flower.
Forget-me-not
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Forget-Me-Nots are native throughout the world in temperate regions. They are annuals or perennials with usually pale to intense bluish flowers with a yellow heart on lax racemes and a basal rosette with slightly coarse leaves.
Water Forget-Me-Not
These annuals, biennials and perennials are excellent in beds, flower borders, woodland and rock gardens and containers. Long-blooming, they begin flowering blue, pink or white in late spring and continue through the summer.
Forget-me-not
The Forget-me-nots are the genus Myosotis of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae
The Forget-me-nots are the genus Myosotis of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae.
Cape Forget-Me-Not is a vigorous herb with tall stems with blue flowers shooting up from clumps of bright green leaves. The long narrow leaves are soft, but rough and hairy to touch. Each plant has many flowering stems which grow to 1 m tall.
Mountain Forget-me-not
Myosotis asiatica (Vesterg.) Schischkin & Sergievskaja
Synonyms: M. sylvatica, M. alpestris
Family: Boraginaceae, Borage
Genus: Myosotis ...
Brunnera macrophylla, the False Forget-Me-Not
Marie Iannotti
For shade, brunnera macrophylla - the generic version, although there are some named varieties that are also outstanding.
For Myosotis scorpioides, water forget-me-not, see Water Plants
See Also
Water forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) ...
Forget-me-not
Freesia (wild and cultivated, usually in April and May).
Naturalized, they are absolutely stunning.
Forget-me-Not is actually a tender biennial but self-seeds so reliably it might as well be regarded as perennial, since it will recurr perennially whether you want it to or not.
Forget-Me-Nots make a wonderful carpet or ground cover under taller plants or small deciduous trees, and looks best planted in large "pools" or masses.
Send or give Forget-Me-Nots as a sign of true love or friendship.
Propagation: ...
Forget-me-not, Myosotis sylvatica
Fountain grass, Annual, Pennisetum setaceum
Fountain grass, Crimson, Pennisetum setaceum ...
Forget-me-not is a perennial plant native to alpine areas of the United States and is the Alaskan State Flower.
Biennial Plants with Yellow Flowers ...
FORGET-ME-NOTS These have the advantage of flourishing in shade and will even do well under trees. There are varieties that differ in height from 150 to 300 mm (6 to 12 in) and the colours vary from deep to pale blue.
White Creeping Forget-me-not ( Omphalodes verna )
White Crookstem Bamboo ( Phyllostachys bambusoides )
White Cup Hardy Water Lily ( Nymphaea ) ...
Myosotis alpestris (Forget-Me-Not)
Onopordum acanthium (Cotton Thistle, Scotch Thistle)
Salvia sclarea (Clary Sage) ...
Forget-me-not
Siberian Brunnera macrophylla
Woodland Myosotis sylvatica
Forsythia
Border Forsythia × intermedia
Broxensis Greenstem Forsythia viridissim 'Bronxensis'
White Abeliophyllum distichum
Fothergilla (Fothergilla) ...
true forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides
trumpet tree Cecropia obtusifolia
tuber sword fern Nephrolepis cordifolia
tumbling orach, tumbling saltweed Atriplex rosea
tuna cactus; Indian-fig Opuntia ficus-indica
tung-oil tree Vernicia fordii ...
Fleabane, Canadian Golden-rod, Canadian Waterweed or Water-thyme, Carline Thistle, Carnation Sedge, Catmint, Cat's Ear, Caucasian Stonecrop, Celery-leaved Buttercup, Chaffweed, Chalk Milkwort, Chalk-stream Water Crowfoot, Changing Forget-me-not, ...
Browallia americana (Amethyst Flower, Jamaican Forget-me-not)
Browallia speciosa (Bush Violet)
Brugmansia candida
Brugmansia candida (Angel's Trumpet)
Brugmansia sanguinea (Red Angel's Trumpet)
Brugmansia suaveolens (Angel's Trumpet) ...
The following can also be used: forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris), large-flowered bedding daisies (Bellis perennis), wallflowers (Erysimium), Cyclamen persicum (not hardy but will usually last until the new year in a sheltered location).
Field Marks: This forget-me-not differs from all others in the genus by its gland-tipped, hooked hairs on the sepals, its unequal, usually 2-lipped calyx, its ascending rather than erect flower stalks, and its large seeds up to 1/10 inch long.
Two dearly loved plants with ferocious spreading instincts are lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis, Zone 3) and woodland forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica, Zone 5).
Boraginaceae (Forget-Me-Not Family)
Leaves are thick with stiff hairs along the margins.
Pulmonaria are members of the Boraginaceae family and first cousin to other well-known garden favorites such as myosotis (forget-me-not), brunnera, symphytum, and mertensia (Virginia Bluebell).
If your garden has a low, damp area, plant moisture lovers like the rosy-flowered swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), Joe-pye weed, forget-me-nots, bee balm, and meadow sweet (Filipendula palmata).
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Four o-clock (Mirabalis jalapa)
Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Impatiens (Impatiens species)
Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor)
Larkspur (Consolida ambigua)
Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)
Moss Rose (Portulaca grandiflora) ...
In early spring large mid-green, heart-shaped leaves that look as though they have been dusted with silver appear followed by tall sprays of tiny bright blue forget-me-not-like flowers. For the best variegation a sheltered shady site is essential.
Forget-me-not type bright blue flowers.
Leaf attributes:
Heart-shaped, almost completely silver, with green veins, hairy leaves.
Growth habit:
Clump-forming.
Light:
Sun to partial shade.
Soil: ...
In homeopathy the Anemone and the Forget-me-not are known as Pulsatilla and Myosotis, and chemists accustomed to the Latin names may be shocked to find Taraxacum under Dandelion, Podophyllum under Mandrake, and Calendula under Marigold.
Eritrichium nanum. Alpine Forget-Me-Nots. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Botany in a Day
There are more
Borage Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
Noteworthy characteristics: Forget-me-not, bright blue flowers dance above nicely shaped, rough deep-green foliage.
Care: Prefers moderately fertile, and moist, well-drained soil.
Echium vulgare (Boriginaceae) -- These relatives of Forget-me-nots bloom in late summer. (Photographed on St. Joseph's Island, Canada) ...
Blue Scorpion-grass (Stiff Forget-me-not)
Myosotis stricta (Myosotis micrantha) ...
This variety is particularly pretty when in flower: the slim waving spikes, carrying tiny, blue forget-me-not-like flowers, look charming.
Brunnera 'Looking Glass' is a stunning new sport of Brunnera 'Jack Frost' with large heart-shaped silver leaves which doesn't show the green veins its parent does.
Tiny masses of blue forget-me-not flowers it will perform best in light shade.
A typical selection pf perennials includes many-colored Delphiniums, Hollyhocks, Giant Oriental Poppies, Fox-gloves, the rich yellow Coreopsis, Phlox, Canterbury Bells, large-flowering Sweet Williams, Columbines, Forget-me-nots, Shasta Daisies, ...
A few spring-flowering bulbs, for example tulips, daffodils or shorter growing bulbs such as Iris reticulata will give added interest and color, perhaps with a selection of wallflowers and forget-me-nots.
 See also: Pink, Violet, Daisy, Lily, Borage
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