Easy to grow from seed, beloved by bees!
If you have children or grandchildren, and you are thinking of a nice spring gardening project for them, then may I introduce Chinese Forget-me-not (Cynoglossum amabile)?
It’s easy to grow from seed: either in a seed tray or straight into the flower border.
It germinates quickly so the child can see things happening from week to week.
It looks nice and has plenty of attractive flowers.
Bees love it, as do hoverflies. So the child will be promoting garden biodiversity!
I grew mine from a packet of seeds last year and had great success. This year I haven’t planted any new seeds as this plant self-seeds and the new seedlings are sprouting up everywhere!
Submitted for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Denzil Nature 
thanks for the info Denzil
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Pleasure Archer!
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Forget-me-nots, whether European or Chinese are gratifyingly super-abundant. A great idea for a project that would succeed.
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It worked for me Margaret!
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Nice ideas to accompany the fine pictures
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Well the plant was a fun springtime project for child-like me Derrick!
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🙂
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It’s a very beautiful flower and interesting facts.
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Yes I was pleased with it Anita
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Beautiful blue 😀 😀
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It is isn’t it!
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All forget-me-nots are charming. My garden is full of them. Your Chinese one is a fabulous blue.
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Yes it’s a deeper blue than normal forgets.
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Wow!
Thank you very much for sharing this, Denzil. Really amazing, 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed it Hammad Rais.
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I don’t know that one, Denzil. I might go looking for a packet of seeds.
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Let me know how you get on Jo!
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Thanks for the info. It’s a beautiful flower. 🙏
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Thanks MW, lovely to see you here, I enjoy your blog posts. We have much in common.
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Nice to connect with you, Denzil. So glad you enjoy my posts. Wishing you a peaceful and enjoyable day. 😊
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Thank you MW! 🙂
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I love these and have them in my garden too.
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That’s nice Carol. Pretty little flowers aren’t they.
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