We were very familiar with Forget-me-nots during the time we gardened for a living. Along with bluebells they were the kind of common plant that customers either loved or instructed us to remove, particularly once they had flowered and become straggly. They don't last long in water either. But they look good massed together outside.
Our back border is now full of them, bringing welcome colour to this grey spring. I think I could become fond of forget-me-nots. Like the primulas, sweet william and bellis perennis (daisies) amid which they are springing up, they are resilient and easy to grow perhaps because they are not far removed from their ancestors our native wildflowers.
Later as summer comes our border will have the cottage garden look - hollyhocks (from seed), lavender (from cuttings), michaelmas daisies (from the allotment) poppies, peonies, and a cornflower mix sent to us by G and M which we will inter-sow among the perennials.
Simple and colourful - it seems to be the rule for garden survival up here in the north west.
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