I love it and it doesn't matter to me that it spreads. Can't remember the name of mine. Probably haven't got the original any more. I had one that was very white indeed, didn't look as though it had enough chlorophyll to survive and it didn't. 'Dawson's White' rings a bell but can't guarantee that. I've been pulling the massed stinging nettles from amongst them today. The other advantage over the forgetmenots is the lack of mildew.
yes, they are indeed easy to pull out, but it is the places in which it manages to get tht can make it difficult!! I spent a good deal of yesterday removing them before they all seeded, and some I just cannot reach, inside shrubs, behind taller plants with delicate stems and so on - there will never be an end to them once they have arrived - which is fine, but you can have too much of a good thing!
As they are so esy topull up,I never worry where they seed themselves.........they manage to pop up in corners where there is nothing else.so I am always pleased to see them
Have just pulled out the forget-me-nots which are in the way, am leaving the ones in odd corners where nothing really wants to grow anyway. I have a brunnera which was here when we moved in 17 years ago. It made only one or two little seedlings in all that time, right next to the mother plant, which I have replanted in other spots.
With all this forget-me-not talk, (and now I can actually post photos) I thought I'd post this one taken a week or so ago through the Bramley blossom. The picture doesn't really do justice to the incredible colours we had.
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I love it and it doesn't matter to me that it spreads. Can't remember the name of mine. Probably haven't got the original any more.
I had one that was very white indeed, didn't look as though it had enough chlorophyll to survive and it didn't. 'Dawson's White' rings a bell but can't guarantee that. I've been pulling the massed stinging nettles from amongst them today. The other advantage over the forgetmenots is the lack of mildew.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Just looked at Brunnera Jack Frost; it is very pretty, might get some.
Their reputation is undoubted hollie hock
HH, you will NEVER need to grow them from seed again; but don't worry about invasion, they are so easy to pull up
yes, they are indeed easy to pull out, but it is the places in which it manages to get tht can make it difficult!! I spent a good deal of yesterday removing them before they all seeded, and some I just cannot reach, inside shrubs, behind taller plants with delicate stems and so on - there will never be an end to them once they have arrived - which is fine, but you can have too much of a good thing!
As they are so esy topull up,I never worry where they seed themselves.........they manage to pop up in corners where there is nothing else.so I am always pleased to see them
Have just pulled out the forget-me-nots which are in the way, am leaving the ones in odd corners where nothing really wants to grow anyway. I have a brunnera which was here when we moved in 17 years ago. It made only one or two little seedlings in all that time, right next to the mother plant, which I have replanted in other spots.
With all this forget-me-not talk, (and now I can actually post photos) I thought I'd post this one taken a week or so ago through the Bramley blossom. The picture doesn't really do justice to the incredible colours we had.