- Approximate height: 15cm (6 inches)
- Recommended water depth over crown of plant: 0 - 5cm (0 - 2 inches)
- Flowering time: April to October
- Flower colour: Blue
- Supplied in the solid 9cm pot we grow them in - for best results we recommend potting on using a 1 litre pot
Myosotis scorpioides is our native water forget-me-not, found around lakes, ponds, streams, marshes, and fens across the British Isles. Very easy to grow, it has simple mid-green leaves and clusters of small blue flowers right from spring through to early autumn. Like most forget-me-nots, the flowers are highly appealing to pollinators, attracting every imaginable type of bee as well as butterflies. Compared with the land forms, the foliage is larger and more fleshy, and the flowers are also slightly bigger.
It is also known as 'scorpion-grass,' referring to the curved, tail-like ends of the stems after flowering, and is sometimes still listed under its older name, Myosotis palustris.
Regular trimming and cutting back after flowering will help keep the plant compact and encourage continued blooming throughout the season. However, it is best to stop cutting back in autumn, as the spent flower stems produce new shoots along their length in spring.
Myosotis scorpioides is on the RHS’ Plants for Pollinators list.
If designing a planting scheme, we recommend approximately 2 Myosotis scorpioides plants per square foot of ground, or 1 plant per linear foot of pond edge. Read more here on how to pot and care for your plant.