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National Forget-Me-Not Day

Nature · November 10

A day for the forget-me-not, the small blue flower with a yellow eye that has long stood for remembrance and staying in someone's thoughts.

National Forget-Me-Not Day falls on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. That is 14 days away.

The forget-me-not is a small flower, usually sky blue, with five rounded petals and a tiny yellow or white center. The plants grow low and loose, and in a good spot they spread into soft clouds of color along paths, stream banks and shady garden edges.

Up close each bloom is barely the size of a fingernail. From a few steps back you see the haze, not the flowers. Buds often open pink and turn blue as they age, so one stem can carry both colors at once. Some kinds like damp ground near water, while others are happy in ordinary garden soil.

The name says what the flower has meant to people for a long time: remembrance. It turns up on cards, in jewelry and in small gifts meant to say you are still on someone's mind. That makes the day a natural moment to reach out to a person you have not talked to in a while, or to think about someone you miss.

For gardeners, forget-me-nots are easy company. Many self-seed freely, which means a few plants this year can become a patch the next. If you would rather keep them contained, pull spent stems before the seeds drop.

The seeds are tiny and sticky, and they cling to socks and pet fur, which may be how the flower keeps its promise of not being forgotten.

Ways to celebrate

• Send a short note to someone you have not talked to lately.
• Look for forget-me-nots along shady paths or in a local garden.
• Sketch or photograph a single bloom up close.
• Sow a few forget-me-not seeds in a damp, shady corner.

Dates

All national days on November 10

Also on November 10

• Marine Corps Birthday
• Sesame Street Day
• National Vanilla Cupcake Day
• Area Code Day

Categories: Nature days