For Get Me Not

What would Spring be without the little For-Get-Me-Not (Myosotis arvensis)

Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis arvensis) growing at the front of a border.

Myosotis arvensis, an easy to grow annual available in various shades of blue, from deep rich blues to light pale sky blue. There are pink forms and white varieties. But as far as I am concerned the For-Get-Me-Not has to be blue.

If you have none, buy yourself a packet of seed and sprinkle it in a lightly prepared area or areas of the garden. Just rake the soil into a tilth and sprinkle the seeds. They will develop over the season ready for Spring flowering.

Once you have them in the garden they will self seed everywhere and the only thing you have to do is weed out the ones you don't want!

A word of warning. Don't be too quick to clear up behind the old plants. You have to wait for the seed heads to develop and drop the seeds. The old plants will look rough, but wait until they have died completely and shed their seeds. A too tidy garden is one without For-Get-Me -Not's