Myosotidium hortensia

Botanical Name: 
Myosotidium hortensia
Common Name: 
Chatham Island forget me not, Kopakopa
Family: 
Boraginaceae
Description: 

A NZ native clumping, herbaceous perennial with large glossy prominently veined leaves.

It is a rhizomatous plant with the leaves on long petioles, with a basal arrangement.

Small pale blue flowers in spring, early summer, up to 1.5cm across and in a corymbose cyme arrangement.

Tolerates coastal conditions. Endemic to the Chatham Islands.

H: 40 to 60cm W: up to 1m.

Uses: 

Foliage and flower display.

Propagation: 

By seed, which can take up to a year to germinate.