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    How well do forget me nots transplant?

    I am amazed and how many plants randomly find there way to my garden. The first year I had enough butterfly bush seedlings to make a hedge (ish ) and a fantastic display of opium poppies. Last year I had white silene, purple toadflax and red valerian. Now I have my first forget-me-nots

    Like usual they are in the wrong place Never having had them before can anyone tell me how well they transplant or am I best saving the seed? Also where would they usually be happy growing? they are currently in the old gravel drive which will one day become a lawn

    Many thanks as always
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    My Forget-me-nots seem to grow just about everywhere including in walls, if they're in the wrong place transplant them, I don't think you'll do them any harm.
    Location....East Midlands.

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    • #3
      They are biannual so save some seed as well as transplanting then you can sow it where you want them.
      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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        Thank you

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        • #5
          If you leave them to flower and set seed then in the autumn you'll have hundreds of seedlings. Just move them to where you want them any time between October and March. That's what I do.

          (By the way, if I see any seedlings in spring or summer I treat them as weeds and get rid, otherwise they harbour mildew and stuff. By keeping the ground completely clear of forget-me-not foliage for the summer the diseases don't get a chance to take firm hold. I get plenty coming up on their own after the autumn rain comes, these easily get big enough for a fine display in the spring.)
          My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
          Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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          • #6
            I was given a 'clump' last year - just dug out by hand - and I stuck then in an unused corner. Now I have several in my garden. No problems at all with transplanting them.

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            • #7
              I have 1000s of them self-sown every spring. I transplant them to other gardens, eg. schools, no problem.
              The other 980-odd I chop up, then leave on my soil as a mulch (before they go to seed)
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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