Nemophila, a birthday flower of February 21st

Even though not currently in bloom, nemophila is one of the birthday flowers of February 21st annually. There are at least three birthday flowers of February 21st. The other two I know of are Violet and Japanese Cornel Cherry.

The nemophila is a beautiful, delicate flower, often in blue, giving it the nickname of "Baby Blue Eyes". But it does come in other colors too. I often see white nemophila in Saitama Prefecture. But blue is the most common. It generally blooms in April in the Kanto area, aka the Greater Tokyo area. But sometimes you can see it in early May too. 

In Japanese it is called ネモフィラ and it carries the meanings “Success Anywhere” “どこでも成功,” “Lovely” / “Sweet and delicate” “可憐,” and “I forgive you” “あなたを許す” in the Japanese language of flowers (hanakotoba). It is also the birthday flower of January 28th. The most famous place for nemophila in the Kanto plain is Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki prefecture. I took the photo in this post in Saitama Prefecture.