Donate money to the Alzheimer's Association during "Forget-Me-Not Days" and receive seeds to plant in your own garden. The fund-raiser brought in more than $229,000 in 2009.
This will be the eighth consecutive year that Bankers Life and Casualty Company, a national life and health insurer, has undertaken the fundraiser which puts volunteers in distinctive green aprons, handing out seed packets to raise awareness of the disease.
What a great idea.
These beautiful blueish-purple flowers will come back year after year. They're a pretty way to "carpet" an area of your garden. Plant them after the last frost, spacing them 4 to 5 inches apart and covering them with 1/8-inch of garden soil. They like the shade the best, must be kept moist, and in northern climates will require mulching over winter.
These are the flowers of remembrance, and of true love.
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