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Should I kill or cultivate forget me nots?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I really, really dislike the colour @Busy-Lizzie. I won't entertain any plant that colour. There's a brunnera that has that colour too.  Don't like the colour indoors either  ;)

    It's your garden @jayne10b, so you have what you like and what suits you and your conditions. That's all that matters. If they're getting a bit above themselves, as many people find, then just be prepared to do a bit of pulling out!  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • My forget-me-nots were already in the garden when I moved here 18 years ago. I have let them do their own thing so they pop up in between paving, in the bark paths etc. but never in the beds, unless I move them there. I lift some and put them in the tops of containers when I plant tulips etc.
    I remember my mother's bed of pink Darwin tulips underplanted with forget-me-nots.  My visiting cousin and I, aged around two, picked every head off the tulips! 
    If you are a very tidy gardener who constantly weeds and tidies up chances are the seedlings will not survive. It is a personal choice whether to hoik them out or leave them. They are very easy to weed out. Thet are not likely to become unmanagable.
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    I like them but they don't do well in our garden for some reason. It's always nice to see them in the local woods when I walk the dog.
  • I moved some from my mum's garden after she died. Love them, obviously, so one day when I was pulling up some spent plants a passer-by stopped and said 'see you're getting rid of them, must hate them like I do' he got a very short answer, leaning heavily on 'in remembrance of mum'.  His face! But he didn't apologise, just walked away.
    Southampton 
  • jayne10bjayne10b Posts: 105
    The great Dixter photos are quite inspiring.
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