Cynoglossum
Hound's tongue
- Height × spread
- 0.6m – 0.6m × 0.3m – 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
These are quietly beautiful plants, both annuals and perennials, of which a few are seen in gardens. Cynoglossum - the Chinese forget-me-not, has masses of little flowers that are in shades of blue, pink or white. The flowers appear from late summer. These sit well with the long outstretched leaves of this plant that is unlikely to exceed 60cm in height. The Hound's tongues, Cynoglossum nervosum and Cynoglossum officinale, have blue or purple flowers, small but attractive, in late spring or summer.
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Bell
- Height
- 0.6m – 0.6m
- Spread
- 0.3m – 0.3m
- Season of interest
- 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
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- 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.