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Blue Forget-me-nots:
FOR CONTAINERS displayed against a white background, choose contrasting flowers such as blue forget-me-nots, golden or red wallflowers, pink daisies, yellow Crocus chrysanthus, blue or red hyacinths, and yellow daffodils. To subdue the contrast slightly and link the planting with its backdrop, intersperse a few white flowers. To create displays that shine out against dark backgrounds, select plants such as white, cream or yellow hyacinths, yellow Crocus chrysanthus, yellow-variegated ivies, vivid yellow polyanthus, white tulips, and bright yellow daffodils.
When planting against red-brick walls, choose light-blue forget-me-nots, white hyacinths, bronze and cream wallflowers, blue grape hyacinths, yellow-variegated ivies, yellow polyanthus and white tulips. For rich contrast with gray stone walls, go for vibrant colored blooms such as red wallflowers, deep-blue forget-me-nots, pink tulips and pink or blue hyacinths.The marching wildflowers of the Alps brighten entire hillsides in some regions, especially during the month of June. Big blue gentians and little blue scillas become daily companions of your climbing. The trollius, a huge, corn-fed buttercup, multiplies itself on every hand and the sweet-smelling wild cyclamen often produces color carpets not only in balmy Ticino but even on the shores of Lake Lucerne, while the narcissus carpets of the Montreux hills are world famous and the anemone carpets of the Jura hardly less so. Forget-me-nots, which most of us think of as tame garden flowers suitable for elderly ladies and love-sick girls, form a virile and romantic section of the floral army. They are the smartly uniformed didbles bleus of the Swiss Alps, climbing up to levels where some of the bigger fellows are afraid to go.
The following plants are meant either for the pool itself or for around the edge where the ground should be damp at all times. The plants mentioned in the tub garden section (see page 148) may also be used. Unless otherwise mentioned, the terrestrial plants are hardy in Zone 5, The marsh marigold or cowslip (Caltha palustris) blooms in early spring with bright yellow flowers on 1- to 2-foot stems with heart-shaped leaves. They like a boggy condition with plenty of humus and should never dry out. They go dormant in midsummer and can be overplanted with a crop of annual summer forget-me-not (Anchusa capensis) or, if the garden is permanent, biennial forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica). Propagate from seed or division in spring.
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