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Boraginaceae
Strict forget-me-not
Myosotis stricta
Also known as Myosotis stricta, Forget-me-not, Small-flowered forget-me-not, Myosotis nuriae
Native Plants · Forget-Me-Not · Wildflower · Blue Flowers · Rock Garden · Pollinator Friendly · Annual · Cottage Garden · Meadow · Cool Season · Self-Seeding
Strict forget-me-not is a compact annual or short-lived perennial that produces small, sky-blue flowers and is well suited to rock gardens, borders, and wildflower meadows in temperate climates. It prefers a sunny to partially shaded spot with moderately moist, well-drained soil and requires very little care once established. Deadhead spent blooms to prolong flowering, and allow some seed heads to set for natural self-seeding the following season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil moderately moist; tolerates brief dry periods once established · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina South, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Chile South, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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