Myosotis sylvatica

MYOSOTIS sylvatica
Forget-me-Not

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Type:
Biennial

Height: 6" (15cm)

Flowering Time: Spring, Summer

Flower Colour: Blue, white, pink

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder)

Order: Polemoniales (Polemonium Order)

Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-Not Family)

Genus: Myosotis (Forget-me-Not)

Species: sylvatica (of woods)

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Myosotis sylvatica is a very popular plant for spring bedding, often seen in the company of wallflowers and tulips. It is a neat little plant, forming mats of bright blue, although as the flowering season progresses it can get leggy. Plants sometimes show pink as well as blue flowers, and varieties have been bred to give plants with all pink flowers. Separate white flowered forms are also sometimes seen.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
There is no seed pod. The seeds are held at the botom of the calyx, and fall out when they are ripe.

Seed
The seeds are tiny black balls. There are many seeds from each flower.

Seedling
The seedling has rounded leaves, and the first true leaves are greyish and slightly fuzzy.

Seed sowing and Germination
Spring: Seeds sown inside in spring germinated in 11 days.

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	Seed Pod There is no seed pod. The seeds are held at the botom of the calyx, and fall out when they are ripe.
	Seed The seeds are tiny black balls. There are many seeds from each flower.
	Seedling The seedling has rounded leaves, and the first true leaves are greyish and slightly fuzzy.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown inside in spring germinated in 11 days.