That's the rosy definition of my yard's unruly borders, where colorful annuals and self-seeded dill, parsley, and forget-me-not tumble together. |
In between the ferns we have planted snowdrops and Omphalodes cappadocica, a relative of the forget-me-not which produces azure blue flowers in early spring each year. |
Another favorite scheme combines salmon ranunculus with blue Chinese forget-me-not. |
A lot of our spring flowers are blue and include grape hyacinth, anemone blanda and forget-me-not which, once planted, is with you forever. |
Even the forget-me-not, Alaska's state flower, is an invasive species in Connecticut. |
There are more than a dozen sorts of speedwells, but the forget-me-not is the prettiest. |