Omphalodes verna 'Alba'
Creeping forget-me-not, Creeping navelseed
- Height × spread
- 0.15m × 0.2m
- Position
- Part shade
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Spring
Availability
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About this plant
This white-flowered creeping-forget-me-not looks slightly like lily-of-the-valley when growing well. Little starry rounded flowers are sparsely produced on slender stalks, which lighten the green, rich looking ground cover. Healthy expanses of rich-green are very soothing and tranquil. <I>Omphalodes verna</I> has been in gardens in Britain since the 17th century. It is also said to have been a favourite with Queen Marie Antoinette. It curious name Omphalodes, from the Greek for navel, rendered into the English common name 'navelwort', derives from the shape of the seeds which look like a human navel.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.15m
- Spread
- 0.2m
- Season of interest
- Spring
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Shady court, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
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