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Cynoglossum amabile
(Chinese Hound Tongue)

Family - Boraginaceae
Category - Annual
Origin - Eastern Asia
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 60cm
Width - 30cm

Description: An upright annual with a bushy habit. Hairy, grey-green leaves are obovate to lanceolate in shape. Small saucer-shaped flowers are a bright shade of sky blue. The flowers are held in Cymes atop upright stems and are produced from early to midsummer. Attractive to pollinating insects.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM)

Additional common name - Chinese Forget-me-not

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Flower:

Sky blue, saucer-shaped flowers (though occasionally white or pink) have five overlapping petals. Flowers are held in cymes and produced in July and August.

Flower colour: Blue

Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers held in cymes

Flowering time: July, August

Foliage:

Hairy, grey-green lanceolate to obovate leaves are meant to resemble the tongue of a dog, hence the common name of Hound Tongue. The leaves are Alternately arranged on the stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Lanceolate to obovate

Propagation:

Seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun and well-drained soil.