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East Barsham, All Saints Church - Wild Flowers

The Forget-me-not flower scientific name is Myosotis, and they belong to the Boraginaceae family of plants. It tends to spread quickly throughout a garden, and it can reach up to 2 feet in height.

 

This flower has five petals, and they prefer to be placed near water; it is considered a wildflower; hence, they do not require much maintenance on our behalf.

 

 

A pretty plant with bright blue flowers, Wood forget-me-not can be found along woodland rides and edges, in ancient and wet woodlands, and sometimes in hedgerows and verges as an escaped garden variety. It flowers between April and June.

Although Water forget-me-not may have been the source of many early garden varieties of this popular plant, most are now forms of Wood forget-me-not.

 

Wood forget-me-not has hairy stems and narrow, oval leaves. Clusters of five-petalled, azure-blue flowers, with white or orange centres, appear at the tops of the stems.

 

 

For more information see the links below:-

 

www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/wood...

 

florgeous.com/forget-me-nots/#:~:text=There%20are%20two%2....

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis

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Uploaded on April 29, 2022
Taken on May 17, 2012