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Thu, Jun 20, 13 at 6:40
| I have the perennial form of FMN in a mostly shady garden under tall pines and oak. I transplanted year-old plants 18 months ago from my previous home. They bloomed nicely last spring, but I only had a few plants. Those reseeded well, and I had many healthy seedlings last summer and fall. This spring, the plants all came back, but only one out of about 50 bloomed. That one bloom stalk was beautiful and lasted for several weeks. The other plants just sat there looking satisfied, but boring. Was I wrong to expect them to bloom this year? If so, that's fine. But if not, I want to move them somewhere they'll be happier. They do get an hour or so of direct sun as the sun comes over the house before it reaches the trees. Any ideas would be welcome. Martha |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 20, 13 at 8:24
| they are a true biennial ... seed and grow the first year.. maybe some will bloom ... over winter.. and bloom to death the second year.. and then die ... you just need to get the cycle going.. as you have.. since the ones that bloomed this spring.. will seed.. and add the second off-year generation its all so simple.. when you commit ten billion minor random bits of knowledge to your head... and then 2 weeks after you get there.. you start forgetting them all .. lol ken |
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| docmom, can you tell us which plant you have by its botanical name? Or give us a picture of it? As ken says, 'Forget Me Not' is generally used for Myosotis sylvatica cultivars which are biennial or short lived perennials. |
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| Here is our stand FMN just a month ago. It is like this every spring These plants en masse sometimes overwhelm the emerging perennials. |
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| Flora, I was given a division by a friend of my sister. All I know is that it is not the crazily reseeding annual that I've had in the past. I'm assuming it is Myosotis sylvatica. Here is a picture of the leaves and the tail end of the one bloom branch. |
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| I planted seeds last fall. They came up this spring and bloomed. I almost ripped em from the ground before they bloomed because they looked like weeds. Thankfully, I saved the seed packet. |
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| Mzdee, I'm betting you have the annual form that flowers and drops seeds every year, so you get new plants every spring. That type can be very enthusiastic and spread overwhelmingly. You might consider dead heading your plants, except for a few, if you want to save seeds to plant for next year in a location you wish them to occupy. Martha |
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- Posted by ladygladys z5b/6a NEPA (My Page) on Thu, Jun 20, 13 at 23:09
| Martha, those look like the biennial FMN. I have some that did not bloom either because they were reseeds from last year. They will bloom like mad next spring! |
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| Docmom, those look just like the usual biennial Forget-Me-Nots to me, not a special variety. They seem quite small plants and I'm pretty confident they'll bloom next spring. |
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