What Is A Forget Me Not

Be sure to store Glyphosate and all chemicals safely out of reach of pets and children. This innocent-looking little plant has the potential to overcome other plants in your garden and threaten native plants beyond your fences.

They can seem unstoppable, but they're actually quite easy to arrest if you plan well. Make sure to clean traps in the morning and reset until you've gone several nights without any new slugs or snails in your trap..

Alternatively, you can keep the pot blooming all summer by replacing the forget-me-not when it is done blooming with a summer annual. Fertilizer should not be necessary unless your plant isn't growing well or you see some yellow foliage.If you find the...

The major difference in appearance between the two plants is in the leaves.The annual plant has hairy leaves, while the perennial has a glossy leaf. Perennial plants will develop less flowers over time, even though the plant will expand in size.

Turns out, maybe I should think about harvesting and eating forget-me-not flowers because the answer to ‘are forget-me-nots edible' is yes.) are indeed edible. After all, there are sometimes hundreds of the plants, or at least there are in my yard.

Unfortunately, they can also be fussy if they're too far out of their comfort zone and may refuse to flower. The problem is that these aren't good growing conditions for forget-me-not, so you'll see limited success with flowers and self-seeding.

Years ago I transplanted a couple of forget-me-not clumps from my mother-in-law's pretty garden in Portland to our moist, shady front yard, where they happily reproduced with wild abandon (warning: They can be invasive).

Light pruning and deadheading will promote more flowers over a longer growing season.Snip off spent blossoms to encourage the plant to produce more blooms. Cut flower stems back to the branch from which they grow, taking care not to cut into the branch.Cut...

The flowers reseed regularly, and as long as this cycle remains undisturbed they will return to the garden every spring.Plant forget-me-not seeds directly in the garden after removing the site of all weeds.

You can also pull up a clump of flowers and shake them over areas where you would like to grow forget-me-nots the following year. Walk through the flowers as they begin to die off (in mid-June), and gently kick the plants to loosen and spread the seeds.

Water them deeply but infrequently, allowing the soil to dry out almost completely before watering again. True forget-me-nots may need to be moved indoors to a heated room with unshaded, south-facing windows during the winter because of their limited...

While the plant can grow up to seven feet tall and four feet wide, it rarely, if ever, needs to be staked.The kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate flower blooms in three inch long spiky clusters that hang pendulously in shades of red to white to magenta.freestar.queue.push(function()...

Most perennials require less water once they are established. Always prune at an outward facing bud and clip the stem at a slant to prevent disease. The smoke of the flare is what chases the gophers away.

Please keep in mind this advice from several Clivia society pages. It is a drastic measure that will cut down the population considerably. Watering is the key. Try laying a few pieces of cut, raw potato around in the soil.

I think sweetgum balls will break down in a couple of seasons, just like pine cones, fir needles, and other organic materials that are not kind to bare feet... Whether you actively compost it by layering "green" and "brown" material, watering, and turning,...

Either research the plants yourself then go to a general, hardware, or big box store and buy what you've chosen, OR go to an independent nursery and ask them to tell you more about what they have from the list above.

Old manure and composted leaves make a great planting medium and many places will be grateful for you to haul it away. They seem quite happy and I've had better luck with this method, rather than potting them up in soil.

It doesn't hurt to mulch the soil in pots, either. They lack the tendrils or hold-fasts of most true vines such as morning glories, wisteria, and Virginia creeper. Use a good-quality potting soil that contains some organic matter, or add peat moss, coconut...

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Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. The sewer line is rather new (about 6 years old) and made of plastic and...

What is eating them?answers: It sounds like you might have a slug problem. Mine are in my garden outdoors in a shady protected area. Do you have good bee activity during the day? There is commercial bait that you can use.