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Can anyone help with an ID?

Julia1983Julia1983 Posts: 139
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Hello all,
I was hoping someone could ID this for me?    I threw a few seeds around last spring and I suspect it is one of those but I cannot remember what it was I threw about!  It has popped up in a few places and is clumping up. No flowers yet. This one is in full sun and looks a bit mildewy but the others are in shady spots and look healthy.  Thanks in advance for any help.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Looks to me like forget-me-not which is biennial so win't flower till next spring.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I also think it's Mysotis (Forget-me-not).   :)

    You could thin them out and transplant some of them to give them a bit more space each.  Fine to do it now  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LauraRoslinLauraRoslin Posts: 496
    Forget-me-nots spread like wildfire.  I started out with two.  Now have more than I count.  
    I wish I was a glow worm
    A glow worm's never glum
    Cos how can you be grumpy
    When the sun shines out your bum!
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Definitely forget-me-nots. If you have plenty I would pull out and ditch the mildewy ones.  Leave some to set seed after they've flowered, then in future years it's just a matter of thinning and refereeing (or they'll grow everywhere and in amongst everything else).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Julia1983Julia1983 Posts: 139
    Thanks all! :smile:
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