Omphalodes verna

Pretty little woodland ground-covering plant with baby blue flowers in spring

Omphalodes verna

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Omphalodes verna, two-litre containers

Omphalodes verna

Omphalodes verna, two-litre container

Established plants in two-litre containers

Description

Omphalodes verna, commonly known as the creeping forget-me-not, is a vibrant ground-covering plant that is lovely in more informal spaces and finds itself particularly at home in woodland settings or at the feet of shrubs and trees. It has lovely fresh-green leaves that emerge early in the season and quieten down as the summer progresses to a restful mid-green colour. In early to mid-spring the plant really comes to life with sprays of small baby blue flowers, held on wiry stems in much the same style as forget-me-nots or brunneras. Like these plants it is most at home in woodland settings where it can gently sprawl and provide low-down colour at the feet of shrubs and other mature plants, and find protection from the strongest sun in mid-summer.

These established, garden-ready plants have been grown at our nursery in Cornwall and are supplied in two-litre containers. They will grow to an ultimate height of about 20-25cm (8-10 inches or so) with a spread of around double that.

Growing Advice

Omphaldoes work best in woodland or other informal settings. Like many similar plants they like early season sun to get the best flowering display, and to bring the greatest vibrancy to that fresh foliage. But they will suffer a little if exposed to strong sun in mid-summer for too long. They are not too fussy about soils as long as they don’t completely dry out (so be careful very close to large moisture sucking trees, plant them a little further out or be prepared to give them some water now and again). They’ll do best among ferns in looser soils – think of the soils on forest floors and you can’t go too far wrong. They will gently spread via runners but it is easy to control and you can always dig up clumps and move them around. It is perennial but deciduous, so will die back as the season fades and into winter, before coming again early in the new year.

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