Bob, Dick, and I saw jillions of Forget-me-nots along the Bear Valley Trail last Tuesday. These were brought out by the unusually heavy rains we have been experiencing. A beautiful sight!
Some people call them non-native/invasive and a couple of years ago I actually encountered a kindergarten-teacher with her class, yanking out Forget-me-nots near the little Dipsea Trail bridge in Muir Woods. We had words and she got a little abusive. In my opinion we should welcome Forget-me nots to our woods.
Besides, I like their name because I'll probably always remember it.
And here's a bit of valuable information ~ the Forget-me-not is the State Flower of Alaska. Who'd a thought!
2 comments:
Wow. Killing plants does seem like a pretty lame thing to engage school children in.
Here is a webpage with an nice explanation of the difference between native and non-native Forget-Me-Nots...
http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=1607
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