Re: Forget-Me-Nots

In a message dated 5/19/98 5:41:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, wyn@ibm.net
writes:

<< Here there are two types of plants with flowers that seem quite similar to
 me: myosotis, which most commonly has blue flowers but also comes in white
 or purplish-pink, and has long pointy-oval leaves which are almost hairy,
 and brunnera (?), which I've only seen with blue flowers, which has
 interesting heart-shaped leaves and grows in mounds, perhaps 15" high.  The
 myosotis seem to want moist soil, partial shade, and self-seed happily,
 even growing in shredded pine bark mulch in one part of my garden.   >>

My aunt's myositis has spread willingly into bright sunny spots on the dry
side.  You might try your brunnera in a sunnier location too--Mine is in shade
with wildflowers and stays alive but never increases much.  A third forget-me-
not-like flower is the cynoglossum--a summer annual thqt self-seeds with
sticky little seeds, but it's a pretty blue flower.  The person who gave me
seeds says she has stopped growing it because the seeds cling to animal fur
and the dogs carry it everywhere--it is a nuisance to her.  I can think of
worse things than having cynoglossum growing everywhere the dog goes.

Bill Lee
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