wood forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size6 to 12 inches tall6 to 9 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Blue with yellow or white eyes
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Wood forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) is a perennial for borders, rock gardens, containers, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to wet, loamy, clay, or chalky soil. Blue flowers with yellow or white eyes open in spring and again in summer. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds visit them. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Honesty, Fringed bleeding heart, Siebold's hosta, and Grape hyacinth.
Native range
Europe, Central Asia, Asia, Cyprus, and 8 more places. See all 12
Europe, Central Asia, Asia, Cyprus, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Madeira, NW. Balkan Pen., Sakhalin, Sicilia, and Türkiye.