Antarctic Forget me Not

Antarctic Forget-me-Not (Myosotidium) - M. nobile is a lovely herbaceous plant about which very little is known. In its native isle it is a seaside plant, in damp sand. It has a thick root-stock, from which arise the large heart-shaped, shining green leaves. The erect stem is leafy all the way up, and is terminated by a loose corymb of flowers in color like Forget-me-Not, but the shade of blue varies. After flowering, the plants should be kept in a cool and light position in a frame, and be liberally watered in dry weather. It is a native of the Chatham Islands, a small group in the Pacific, lying 400 miles east of New Zealand. It was flowered in several gardens of recent years, and very finely by Mrs Rogers, in Cornwall in the open air.