Small blue flowers

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  1. Capt Kirk

    Capt Kirk Thank a Veteran today!

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    We have had this probably 15 years or more. So any rememberance of what this is, is long gone.

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    A closeup of the bloom.

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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    It looks just like the Forget Me Nots I have in the garden CK.
     
  4. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    I agree with Eileen that they are Forget-me-nots. The sea of them is forming now in my lottie and a few are blooming already. I saw the first honey bee on them today!
     



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  6. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Oops what I should have said was False Forget Me Not which, of course, is Brunnera macrophylla as Netty said. :oops:
     
  7. Palustris

    Palustris Young Pine

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    Definitely Brunnera, wish they would stay alive in our garden. There are a lot of new named forms around these days.
    Am I the only one who detests the ordinary Forget me not? I wage war on the ubiquitous seedlings and it has never to my knowledge flowered in this garden in 14 years.
     
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    gardentoad Seedling

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    I love those little flowers. They are early to bloom and continue for the longest time. I have a few pink blooms on them in a few places.
     
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    Yep, that's the Brunnera alright. :D Aren't they the prettiest little bloom? I adore them. We call them "Forget-Me-Not-sister" since the blooms are like forgetmenots.
     

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