Myosotis sylvatica 'Whitesylva'
(White-flowered Forget-me-not)
Family - Boraginaceae
Category - Biennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 50cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The White Garden
Description: A clump-forming Biennial that forms a dense mound of basal foliage in its first year. The hairy leaves are a bright shade of mid-green and are oblong to lanceolate in shape. Masses of small, saucer-shaped flowers are snow-white and each Bloom has a yellow Eye. The Blooms are held in Cymes and produced in the plant's second year of growth from mid-spring into early summer. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Flower:
Many small saucer-shaped flowers, each with five rounded petals are snow-white. At the centre of each bloom is a yellow eye. The blooms are held in raceme-like cymes and produced from April into June.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers held in cymes
Flowering time: April, May, June
Foliage:
Hairy, mid-green leaves are oblong to lanceolate in shape. The leaves form a basal mound in the first year of growth and are then Alternately arranged up the flowering stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Oblong to lanceolate
Propagation:
Seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.