{"id":13386,"date":"2015-05-07T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13386"},"modified":"2015-04-27T02:11:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T09:11:08","slug":"tips-for-growing-forget-me-nots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tips-for-growing-forget-me-nots\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Growing Forget-Me-Nots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Forget-me-not\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7166624438\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5331\/7166624438_683a2ce828.jpg\" alt=\"Lincoln 120\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Forget-me-not Cultivation and Growing Tips<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>These plants are very easy to grow from seed. Sow one year and they flower the next because most varieties are biennials.<\/li>\n<li>Forget-me-nots are usually blue but are also found in pink and white and shades of blue.<\/li>\n<li>Forget-me-nots are dwarf, compact plants upto a foot tall! A fantastic addition to spring beds and borders.<\/li>\n<li>The plants complement golden Daffodils yellow Wallflowers and Primulas.<\/li>\n<li>Sow May -June and thin out. Plants self sow all over my garden so clear out any invaders.<\/li>\n<li>Plants can also be purchase to avoid the problems of sowing your own.<\/li>\n<li>Naturalised flowers become less spectacular &#8211; renew with seed every few years. Try a stronger strain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"forget-me-nots by Mags, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/magslhalliday\/2571114978\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3077\/2571114978_fb49686c2d.jpg\" alt=\"forget-me-nots\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong> Forget-me-not Common Names and Varieties to Consider <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Myosotis is the Latin name for Forget-me-nots. It is a family of 50 species. See main varieties at the foot of this page<\/li>\n<li>Historically it got the name &#8216;mouse ears&#8217; due to the shape of its leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Varieties to look out for include Ultramarine and Blue ball or for Alpine Forget-me-nots &#8216;Ruth Fisher&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Unusual Facts about Forget-me-nots<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Newfoundland in Canada used the Forget-me-not as a symbol of remembrance of that nation&#8217;s war dead.<\/li>\n<li>Germans and Freemasons use forget-me-nots as a symbol not to forget the poor and desperate. (Germany may need a good crop with the economy in such a state.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Old &amp; Odd Tips From Gardeners Tips on Forget-me-nots<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant in drifts around the edge of ponds.<\/li>\n<li>Pull up and compost plants as they finish flowering &#8211; you will still get lots of seedlings.<\/li>\n<li>Use forget-me-nots as a cut flower when in bud to prolong vase life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Dandelion and Forget-me-nots (1) by Purrrpl_Haze, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/99655906@N00\/214251822\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/68\/214251822_229c346918.jpg\" alt=\"Dandelion and Forget-me-nots (1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Horticultural Sources and Advice on Forget-me-not<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You can often obtain seeds or plants from our mail order company of choice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=Myosotis\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Powdery mildew can be a problem in dry soil. Pull up and destroy infected plants.<\/li>\n<li>Species include; Myosotis alpestris &#8211; Alpine Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis arvensis &#8211; Field Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis asiatica &#8211; Asiatic Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis azorica &#8211; Azores Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis caespitosa &#8211; Tufted Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis discolor &#8211; Changing Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis latifolia &#8211; Broadleaf Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis laxa &#8211; Tufted Forget-me-not, Bay Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis scorpioides &#8211; True Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis secunda &#8211; Creeping Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis sicula &#8211; Jersey Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis sylvatica &#8211; Wood Forget-me-not<br \/>\nMyosotis verna &#8211; Spring Forget-me-not<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Flowers from my granny's garden by sermoa, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sermoa\/4673799023\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4056\/4673799023_36381cd1f6.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers from my granny's garden\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Credits <\/strong><br \/>\nforget-me-nots by Mags CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\nDandelion and Forget-me-nots (1) by Purrrpl_Haze CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<br \/>\nFlowers from my granny&#8217;s garden by sermoa CC BY-SA 2.0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing forget-me-nots is as easy as one-two-three sow in summer, grow and flower the following spring and you will probably get lots of seedlings to follow on for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,10,233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alpine-rockery","category-flowers","category-growing-easy-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}