FORGET-ME-NOT_ "IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME"

FORGET-ME-NOTS...

..HAVE BEEN BLOOMING FOR A WHILE

JUNEBERRY, FORSYTHIA, PJM RHODODENDRON, TULIPS, CREEPING PHLOX ALL IN BLOOM

Thursday, 8:00 AM.  55 degrees F at the ferry dock, 46 on the back porch.  Wind NW, calm with occasional light gusts.  The sky is clear, the humiity down to 48%.  The barometer is steady at 30.16".  This is a "perfect ten" day, during which I have to mow the lawn and do a lot of watering but I consider those tasks a privilege.

   Fortet-me-nots are  pleasant little spring flowers that grow almost everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere in moist, sunny to partly shady places.  They are another reason not to keep everything overly neat and tidy, as they spring up in flower borders and lawns and under trees and shrubs.  Light blue with a yellow center, the little flowers are very cheerful and can grow in considerable masses.  There are over 200 species of Myosotis, in the Borage Family; some are annual, some perennial, and I would not waste my time trying to tell one from another, just enjoy them for what they are.

   Myosotis translates directly from scholarly Greek as mouse (myos) ear (otis), which I assume relates to the soft, fuzzy leaves of the plant, or to the rounded petals.  But, it's all Greek to me.

   The perennial garden is rather nice now with Juneberry, Forsythia, PJM Rhododendron, creeping phlox and tulips all in bloom at the same time.  There are even a few dandelions if you look closely.