080401 - Forget-Me-Nots

In the winter, 2006, Phil seeded forget-me-nots under a tiny echium he planted in a spot that would become the top of the stairs.

A month or so later, I thought they were weeds and dutifully pulled them up.

Needless to say, Phil was disappointed. But the following winter, they returned on their own. And this year, we've had dozens of them pop up all over the gardens. I gave several away, transplanted others to pots in the front yard, and only recently resorted to throwing them out when there was nowhere else to move them.

We now joke these forget-me-nots at the top of the stairs are going to choke out the echium, which is well over six-feet tall and in bloom again.