![]() ![]() Varieties like the Myosotis scorpioides is hardy in USDA zones 5 through 9, and Myosotis alpestris is hardy in zones 3 through 9. Once you have forget-me-nots in your garden, you won’t have to re-seed. They’ll die back in the winter and re-sprout in the spring. Some even mix blue and pink blooms in the same cluster of flowers!įorget-me-nots are usually biennials, and will take two years to complete their growing cycle of flowering, then producing seed the second year. Most of these flowers range in shade from pale blue to bright blue, but a few feature white or pink blooms. Growing Tips and CareĬurrently, there are 74 different species of forget-me-nots that can be found all over the world-and many of them are popular garden plants because they add a beautiful touch of color to your garden. The forget-me-not is also recognized by some as the birth flower for the month of September, along with the aster and morning glory. ![]() This one was the last, and the flower cried out, “Forget me not, O Lord,” to which God pronounced, “That shall be your name!” Forget-Me-Not Flower Lore A separate German tale says the name was chosen when God was naming flowers. He couldn’t fight the strong current, so he tossed the flowers onto the bank, and as he was carried out to sea, he called out, vergiss mein nicht, which is German for “forget me not.”Īnother legend says that the German knight didn’t leap into the river after the flowers, but rather bent to pick some for his lady when the weight of his armor caused him to topple into the water-and then he called out “forget me not” as he was swept away. She wanted to save the flowers, so her chivalrous knight jumped into the water. The lady saw pretty blue flowers-but they’d been pulled loose by the river’s flow and were about to disappear downstream. One describes a German knight who was strolling with his lady along the banks of the Danube river. The forget-me-not moniker has some of the most interesting legends behind it. ![]() The Alzheimer’s Society uses forget-me-nots as a symbol for memory loss and to raise awareness for the disease.It’s the symbol for International Missing Children’s Day.In Armenia, it’s a symbol for the Armenian Genocide Centennial.In Newfoundland, it represents those who fell in World War I.Many places and organizations feature the forget-me-not as a poignant symbol: The Alaskan Territory adopted the flower as its emblem in 1917, and people loved it so much that Alaska kept it when it officially became a state. The Myosotis alpestris, or the Alpine forget-me-not, is Alaska’s state flower-and it was named as such before Alaska became a state. The Alpine forget-me-not is the Alaska state flower ![]()
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