| Description | Chinese Forget Me Not (Cynoglossum amabile) A cultivated more compact form of the Chinese For Get Me Not. Reported to self-seed all over the garden. |
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| Pronunciation | (sy-no-gloss-um) (ah-MA-bi-lee) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Biennials |
| Hardiness Zone | 7 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, partial sun |
| Moisture | average, moist, avoid dry |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Growing Media | average potting mix |
| Temperature | resistant to light frosts |
| Flowers | blue, small, tubulor, borne in a coiled inflorescence called scorpiod cymes |
| Fruit | small nutlets covered with prickles, easily catches onto animals, clothes, like a beggars tick |
| Leaves | gray green, tongue shaped |
| Dimensions | 12-24 inches, bushy |
| Maintenance | removal of unwanted seedlings |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native to East Himalayas and west China. Found growing in meadows, forests and roadsides. |
| Misc Facts | In zone 7 or warmer it grows as a biennial. In colder zones it is an annual. Genus name for the Latin Kyon meaning dog and glossa meaning tongue. Referring to the shape of the leaves. AKA: Chinese Hound's Tooth, Hound's Tooth |
| Author's Notes | I first saw this plant in the summer of 2014 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (Minnesota, USA). It was a good sized bed that was filled with lots of blue flowers. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #109-Annuals and Tender Perennials for North American Gardens (Wayne Winterroud), #116-Pulmonarias and The Borage Family (Masha Bennit) |
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