Cynoglossum amabile
Chinese forget-me-not
- Height × spread
- 0.6m × 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This is a neat looking bushy plant with clusters of blue forget-me-not flowers held in clusters at the top of the plant all summer through. The five petals of the little rounded flowers surround a smaller whitish eye. The plant sometimes produces pink or white flowers. It can be grown as an annual or a biennial: if sown the previous year, the flowers start in spring; otherwise spring sown seed produces flowers in summer. It is quite likely to self seed. The long rather lance shaped leaves are grey green, with impressed veining and seem rather rough looking for such dainty flowers. Give this a sunny or partially shaded spot with poor or average soil that always has some moisture in it. The plant stands around 60cm (2ft) high with a 30cm (1ft) spread.
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Bell
- Height
- 0.6m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Seaside garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Bedding plant, Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.