Re: Forget-Me-Nots

> 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.   They
> don't seem to get taller than about 8".  I haven't succeeded in keeping the
> other one going, but it turns up in local plant sales, so others must
> succeed with it.

What I've seen in my garden is that Brunnera is much more perennial
than Myosotis.  That is, Myosotis tends to die but self-seed, so you're
never really sure where to find it.

My Brunnera seem to thrive in dry shade or partial sun with some moisture,
but the key for me has been keeping them away from sunlight.  

For anyone interested, I posted these pictures of Brunnera a while
back:

   http://www.mallorn.com/People/lindsey/horticulture/images/bruma00.jpg
   http://www.mallorn.com/People/lindsey/horticulture/images/bruma40.jpg

Chris
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