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  Cynoglossum amabile

  

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  • Common Names

    Chinese Hound's Tongue

    Chinese Forget-Me-Not

    
    

  • Botanic Name

    Genus: Cynoglossum

    Species: amabile

    Variety:

  • Type: Annual/Perennial

    Family: BORAGINACEAE

    Origins: S.E.Asia,

    Light: Full Sun to Part Shade

    Wind: Medium

    Growth:

    Frost: Tender

    Evergreen: No

    Native: No

    Height: 0.5m

    Width: 0.5m

    
    

    Position

    Border
    Pots & Planters
    

    
    

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  • Flower Colour

    Blue
    

    
    

    Flowering Time

    (Southern Hemisphere)

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May
    December
    

    
    

    Climate Zone

    Zone: 7
    Zone: 8
    Zone: 9
    

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  Overview

  Cynoglossum amabile is a hardy annual or biennial border plant that has hairy, lance shaped leaves and produces cymes of funnel-shaped light-blue flowers throughout summer and into autumn.

  Best suited as an ornamental in borders and pots, it is closely related to the Forget-Me-Not - which it resembles and can be confused with.

  It has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

  This is a cooler climate ornamental plant that will suffer in some of Australia's warmer climate zones when it may cease blooming during hot periods.

  It doesn't however like temperatures below 5C.

  Soil: Well drained, humus rich soils are best - in a sunny location with some shelter from scorching afternoon sun.

  They do not like heavy clay soils.

  Maintenance: Little required apart from a drink in hot weather, a mulch collar to keep roots cool and a trim back after flowering.

  Deadheading can encourage further flushes of flowers.

  Diseases: None of note.

  Invasiveness: They self-seed easily - but are not considered to be an invasive weed.

  Toxicity: Toxic to humans - can cause liver damage if ingested.

  Also toxic to horses.

  Other Species: There are 75 species in the Cynoglossum genus.

  Comments: Amabile means lovely.

  Author: Bob Saunders.

  

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