Re: Tulips and those blue flowers
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Tulips and those blue flowers
- From: D* G*
- Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 15:01:52 -0500
At 12:59 PM 1/4/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>I think you mean forget-me-nots. Don't know about what time for indoor
>starting, but you're right, you probably should do it. I let mine
>self-sow, and they're always a tad too late for the tulips.
I don't want to rain on anybody's flowers but here in zone 4,
forget-me-nots or Myosotis are biennial. You can squeak a flower from them
if you sow in early Jan and then cool down in March after transplanting but
its not a very good flower from seed in its first year. After that of
course, they do very well on their own.
Only blue annuals I know of that would take the occasional frost at the
beginning of the season would be pansies or viola (I know, I know - they're
technically biennial);-) There's lots of blue annuals to grow but at least
here in USDA zone 4, they aren't ready to go out (unless you're a
gambler):-) with the early tulips.
Mind you, if you live where there isn't a chance of serious frost in May -
what can I tell you? :-)
Doug
where it has rained very heavily the last two days - rainstorms during the
day and freezing rain at night. No snow left and water, water everywhere.
The gardens aren't quite sure what to do with it all.
Doug Green,
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