#Forget me not seedlings full

While some gardeners avoid forget-me-nots because of their tendency to spread to other areas, I'm not one of them. You will often find forget-me-nots under the canopy of trees or under porches or decks.

#Forget me not seedlings full

Forget-me-nots prefer full or partial shade.

Forget-me-nots grown in poor soil will produce small plants and few flowers.

Forget-me-nots prefer moist soil, but will survive in poor dry soil.

If you don't want these dainty little flowers naturalizing in your yard, plant them in a pot and pick off the seed pods before the seeds disperse.

If you choose to transplant forget-me-nots to your yard or garden there are a few things you should know. You can dig them up any time of the year to replant them and they will continue to grow for years. Forget me nots COMMON NAME: Forget me nots BOTANICAL NAME: Myosotis. There is something magical about gazing at blooms and inhaling the scent from her flowers so many years after she has passed.įorget-me-nots are forgiving flowers and will survive under nearly any circumstances. Today, they brought memories of my mother as I tenderly planted them beside the phlox I got from her old garden last summer. Somehow (probably because they had not yet come up when I moved) I forgot to dig any up to bring with me. I suspect that the seeds or a stray plant came along when I moved here 7 years ago, as I had tons of forget-me-nots at my old home. I couldn't help but wonder whose hand had planted them there and how many years they had survived unnoticed. Each time, I promised that I would be back later and dig them up, but as you may have guessed that didn't happen - until now. The tiny little plants peeked through my garden fence and were mown down several times last year. Annual, easy to pull out.I spent some time this morning transplanting some forget-me-nots that appear to have sprung from nowhere last year. Last year I had it all over my front garden, as did my neighbour but after I weeded my garden and her garden well it didn't bloom and set seed so have much less this summer. The following 3 images are all Annual Mercury. I saw this along the Regent's Canal near King's Cross. Thanks to Michael for identifying this (via FB). (black horehound on the left)įebruary 2019 some Alexanders along the canal in the same place, just starting, no tall stems emerging yet (aucuba behind) I mistakenly had this as wild parsnip but a friend advised it was Alexanders, unlike many of the umbellifers this has yellow flowers, I saw this along Regents Canal, April 2017. I saw this in a local park end of July 2021 Goosegrass / Indian Goosegrass / Wiregrass Yellow Suckling Clover/Lesser Trefoil/Lesser Hop Trefoilĭove's-foot Crane's-bill/ Dovesfoot Geranium (to be added: perennial sow thistle, sun spurge) Common Name You can still just scroll through and look at the photos (beginning after the list) if you're not sure what you're looking for. In order to make this information more accessible, I have listed the contents below and am working on adding clickable links to the specific weed. There are also pages about Japanese Knotweed, and Lamiaceae (mint, nepeta, deadnettle, etc) as I had so many similar flowers I wanted to compare.The following are in alphabetical order. I have also made a separate page with rosettes as so many plants start as a rosette. I've moved the seaside plants to their own page and the saltmarsh plants are on their own page. Forget-me-not plants grow best in a damp, shady area, but can adapt to full sun. Forget-me-not flower care is minimal, as with most native wildflowers. The unknown plants are at the bottom of the page. The perennial forget-me-not flower spreads easily, freely self-seeding for more of the wildflower to grow and bloom in shady spots where the tiny seeds may fall. But anything that is useful to bees, I think we have to try to live with. Things I really don't want, such as dock, I dig up. It doesn't help control them but maybe it makes me feel more in control and looking at these plants has made me appreciate them as wildflowers. Method 2 Method 2: Potting Forget-Me-Not Seeds Indoors 1 Select a pot with drainage holes. The mulch will also regulate the seeds’ temperature. I don't know exactly why I like knowing the names of the plants I find. Place 2 to 3 inches (5.1 to 7.6 cm) of fine mulch or up to 4 inches (10 cm) of larger material on top of the soil to keep moisture in until the seeds germinate. All photos were taken myself unless otherwise noted. Yesterday I noticed a lot of tiny seedlings in the area where the plants had been. I took the first set of photos August 2010 and have been adding to them on and off ever since. Hi, Last year I grew forget-me-not flowers from seed, this year they flowered and I removed the dead plants. This is a guide to some common 'weeds' / wildflowers in the average north London garden.