Description
Very pretty recycled Save the Date packet of seeds containing wild Field Forget-me-not seeds. The message is clear – Pencil Us In! The seed packet is made from 100% recycled manilla paper and measures 9 x 12 cm. Please advise the personalisation details in the box above that you would like printed on the packets. The Forget-me-not seeds are of the wild Field Forget-me-not variety (myosotis arvensis) and will be in a paper (not foil and plastic) sachet. Each seed packet will come with a recycled envelope so that you can readily post to your guests. The pencil is attached to the packet via colourful Washi tape – pattern and colour of the tape may well vary from theat in the photo as we will use what is in stock at the time.
The seeds are viable for a few years, so if not using immediately, just store them somewhere cool and dry out of direct sunlight.
Such a useful packet of seeds! The Forget-me-nots are useful little flowers for early emerging bumblebees, the pencil can be re-used once your wedding date has been dutifully pencilled in, and the seed packet and paper sachet are recyclable! Get the love grown before you even tie the knot!
About Forget-me-nots
Forget-me-nots are best sown in the Autumn so that they flower the following spring. They produce masses of tiny, delicate blue flowers with yellow centres. Once you have them they will self-seed all over the garden! The plant’s Latin name – myosotis – derives from the Latin for mouse ear, which the leaves tend to resemble.
Forget-me-nots have been around since the late 1300’s when Henry IV took the plant as his emblem. It was known as Scorpion Grass, according to the herbalist Gerard (1633), because its flowerhead was thought to resemble a scorpion’s tail. Therefore it was also believed to cure the sting of a scorpion, and snake and dog bites.
In German folklore, a knight picked Forget-me-not for his love as they walked by a river. He tripped and fell in but before he drowned he threw his love the flowers and cried “Forget me not!”
In days of old, blacksmiths kept a bunch of Forget-me-nots in their forge to protect horses from injury. In the language of flowers, Forget-me-nots are symbolic of true love.