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Flowers that are the same colour as forget me nots

gilla.walmsleygilla.walmsley Posts: 339
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Every year I love the masses of forget me nots I have, and wish I could have something during the summer that gave the same kind of look. Can anyone think of any summer flowers which are the same kind of blue?
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited April 2023
    I grow Nemesia Blue Gem which reminded me of f-m-n the first time I grew them.
    I sowed some yesterday which jogged my memory.



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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Ageratum?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    Anchusa
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I think Geranium "Mrs Kendall Clarke" is a very similar pale fresh blue. I have seen it with Geum "Totally Tangerine" - what a combination!
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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Polemonium caeruleum (Jacobs ladder)
    Amsonia tabernaemontana (Blue star)
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Are you looking for perennials or would you not mind using annuals or half hardy annuals or biennial?

    There are some lobelia of the same or similar colour maybe slightly paler blue but they are only half hardy annuals.

    Also can you mention what your soil is like and sun or shaded position?

    Some campanulas might suit the frothy look of many smaller flowers, but not really the same shades of blue.


  • gilla.walmsleygilla.walmsley Posts: 339
    Thanks so much everyone for the great suggestions, I've been Googling and making a list! It's definitely the pale, fresh kind of blue I'm after, rather than the purple-blue that of course most blue named plants turn out to be! I'm less worried about the shape being like forget me nots, although anything which is also a filler like they are would be a bonus.

    @Rubytoo I grow oodles of annuals and biennials every years so that wouldn't be an issue, neither would perennials. The soil is generally quite dry as it's very stoney (it's a soilscape 7) and it's VERY hot south facing with little shade. Watering every year is traumatic, but I can't face only growing drought resistant plants (yet!)
  • PoppypussPoppypuss Posts: 143
    Brunnera Jack frost has the same type of forget me not like flowers but with the added advantage of lovely foliage which doesnt get hit by mildew. Also much less promiscuous than FMNs.
  • TackTack Posts: 1,367

     

    Ceratostigma willmottianum is hardy, poor soil and drought tolerant in full sun in my garden. It has a long flowering season , attractive autumn colour and good seed heads.

  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    The lobelia variety that's the colour of FMN is called Cambridge Blue.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
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