There
is an old English folk tale about a knight who drowns
while trying to retrieve forget-me-not for his love,
and the tale serves as a reminder that the forget-me-not
thrives in moist conditions. While the native forget-me-not
needed the wet, it could survive in the flower border
so long as it received enough moisture.
The
yellow centre is a distinctive mark of the common British
forget-me-not. In the Victorian garden it was often
planted under shrubs and among ferns.
Forget-me-nots
could be grown in pits
and frames
for early flowers, but whether in pots or in a bed,
they needed moist, loamy soil with much grit and leaf
mould added.
