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
>
There are two species of Myosotis readily available -- M. alpestris is the
biennial,flowering in April-May, while M. scorpioides (palustris) is perennial
and has multiples of blue yellow eyed flowers. It is extremely long flowering -
it continues all season.
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Rika Willow Pond Nursery http://www.willowpondnursery.com
Long Island, NY
Zone 7a
mail to: rika@willowpondnursery.com
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