Forget-me-nots (Hatfield AL10)

Forget-me-nots: young plants dug straight from the ground. Not in flower now. Will overwinter and flower in April-May-June.

I have to clear this bed to plant other things over winter. If not given away, I would need to compost the forget-me-not plants that are currently there. It is the perfect time of year to move plants because there is still warmth in the soil, but the autumn rains have begun. They should not notice being moved if you water them in well.

There are small foxglove seedlings mixed in there too, and you can plant them together or weed them out. Foxgloves also transplant well now, and should flower next summer, but I find them less reliable, especially since these ones are on the small side.

Forget-me-not are beautiful clear blue-flowered, easy going biennials, beloved of pollinating insects. Once you have them you should let them seed at least once, and then you will have them forever: they will seed around freely. They are not a problematic weed because they are very easy to pull up and have distinctive soft hairy leaved seedlings. I weed them out during the summer and start moving them to where I want them in autumn or spring.

Very tolerant, of garden soil and aspect.