Re: Forget-Me-Nots

My brunnera was originaly by a lilac. As the lilac grew and shaded it,
it still blooms early but now I have healthy big plants 15' away on the
west side of my house which gets lots of sun. Now I want to try the
variegated brunnera. 

Ann B.
Montana Gardener

Blee811 wrote:
> 
> 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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