Solved A BIT OF BLUE - Brunnera macrophylla variegata

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    I've had this plant in my garden for nearly thirty years and it's name has disappeared from my memory.......anyone recognise it??:snork:
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      Variegated brunnera? Pretty, isn't it?
       
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        That looks like it, Madahhlia!!!!.............Thank you:ThankYou::yes:


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        Yes, it is very pretty. It was planted, as I said, about 30 years ago when the garden was completely different. Now it's sheltering under a Viburnum Tinus that is actually in another border but has stretched out it's stems across a path and over the Brunnera. I just try to work my way around it.
         
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          Isn't there another spring plant that looks similar, though? Something to do with the Virgin Mary?
           
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          :dunno::scratch:
           
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          How tall does it grow Armandii? it's a lovely shade of blue:blue thumb:
           
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          Forget me not? (Myosotis) Not sure about any connection to the Virgin Mary though.
           
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            A little more than 12", loli, and it sprawls nicely making a nice clump. It might do better in the open rather than in the shade, which it seems to like.:snork:
             
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                My vote goes to Brunnera macrophylla variegata.
                I can see why you think it looks like a variegated forget me not.
                It is much easier to get an accurate id when the whole plant is shown./plus close up of the flowers
                The true leaves of Brunnera are large, heart-shaped, long stalked and rather distinctive. See link.

                In ARMANDII'S pic I think it just shows the flowering stem where the leaflets are very different.

                Brunnera are far happier in cool shady spots.

                https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=brunnera macrophylla variegata&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=OC5OU_SIJIny7AazyIDoAg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=poL3LGHqCcc4gM%3A;PXH5kW5m7u1FaM;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peatnson.com%2Fimages%2FBrunneramacrophyllaVariegata.JPG;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peatnson.com%2FPerennialAvailabilityGallery.html;700;524
                 
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                  :ThankYou: The name Brunnera was "tickling" the back of my mind when I posted the pic but due to the length of time since I'd planted it I just wasn't sure. Thank you, Silver Surfer, I will put the name down in the book of plants that have been planted in the garden.
                   
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