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FLOWERS - FORGET ME NOT
FLOWERS - FORGET ME NOT The Brook ~ Tennyson I steal by lawns and grassy plots:
I slide by hazel covers;
I move the sweet Forget-me-nots
That grow for happy lovers. Plant Family: Borage/Boraginaceae In the Victorian Language of Flowers the forget-me-not symbolizes true love, and never forget me. The flowers were often given as a love token to sweethearts. Forget-me-nots are native to Europe. At some point they were carried to North America and became naturalized in most areas. There are also cultivated varieties available from nurseries. Colours range from sky blue to pink to white. These dainty, little flowers like moist areas, and any moist soil. They are biennials, but they reseed so well that many consider them perennials. As a border of a flower bed they are magical. From May to August clouds of blossoms float like a sky blue river along the curve of the bed. Forget-me-nots are also lovely naturalized in a shady damp spot anywhere. The leafy plants may reach 6 inches tall. From May to August twelve to twenty four inch stems with clusters of the delicate five lobed flowers rise above slightly fuzzy, smooth edged, oblong leaves. The centers of the tiny blossoms are yellow. As the flowers fade the whole stem dries out and all the seed pods begin to release the tiny, tiny seeds to grow into the next crop of these tiny beauties. If you want more Forget-me-nots elsewhere, take some of the seed filled stems and shake them where you want them to grow. There are several varieties of forget me not. Alpine Forget-me-not Myosotis Alpestris, which is Alaska’s state flower. Myosotic Scorpioides, or 'True forget-me-not', which prefers quite boggy areas. Myosotis laxa, the small flowered forget me not, has quite tiny blossoms and the plant grows much smaller than the others . And finally, Myosotis salvatica, the woodland forget me not, it grows quite large and the flowers are larger as well. Visit “In the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl” for more about forget me nots and some poetic and historical information about this wonderful little flower! http://www.paghat.com/gardenhome.html
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In the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl
 
Forget-me-not blooms.
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