Forget-me-not plants (Hatfield AL10)

Forget-me-nots: young plants dug straight from the ground. Nearly starting to flower - will flower freely from April.

I always have lots of forget-me-nots and I keep most, but they also come up in silly places such as lawn edges - those ones can be given away. They should move ok now while the soil is still cool and damp. Water in well.

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.