Flowers - Forget-me-not

Forget-me-nots are biennials. These flowered in April.

Forget-me-nots self-seed. The leaves come through in the autumn, and survive through winter (so don't weed them by mistake!) The flowers are insignificant, but grow more and more until the whole flower bed is a mass of pale blue. They hold their own against other strong flowering plants. The flowers grow up the stem, looking more and more spindly. The flowers set seed at this point. If you want the plants to self-seed, leave them until they have completely died. After pulling up the dead plants, it's quite a good idea to shake them where you want next year's flowers. But I end up with forget-me-nots all over the garden anyway! I don't mind this - they are easy to recognise and weed.

This is an important flower in my garden, helping to fill the gap between the sping bulbs and the roses. There are other spring flowers as well, but forget-me-nots are impressive and reliable.

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