| Scientific Name: | Myosotis sylvatica |
| Common Name: | garden forget-me-not |
| Family Name: | Boraginaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Biennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Sessile, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Elliptic, Oblong, Ciliate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Blue, Pink, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stem leaves sessile, alternate, oblong-elliptic, most 5-11cm long x 1-3cm wide, pubescent, margin entire-ciliate; flowers 7-9mm wide, 5 blue petals (pink and white cvs.), with yellow or white centres, bloom in dense cymes, Apr-May. | |