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Garden Pic Wednesday: Chinese Forget-Me-Knots

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Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving! I ordered a grocery store turkey & sides, but was disappointed in most of the sides. Just one Garden Pic today: Chinese Forget-Me-Knots They are such a pretty blue! I have two plants that grew from the Dollar Tree pack of Butterfly Flower Seed I randomly planted back in August. I had one before and they don't mind the Florida winter. I hope these with leave seed behind, so more will come up in spring!

Garden Pic Wednesday: Chinese Forget-Me-Not & Lettuce Garden

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  Today's Garden Pics are my "Chinese Forget Me Not" & my Lettuce: This is Cynoglossum Amiable. Also called  "Chinese Hounds Tongue"  I just figured that out today, googling pictures. I didn't realize there is a true type of Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis Scorpioides), which has flowers with yellow centers and tends to be invasive.  The Chinese Forget Me Not has blue centers and is more garden friendly. It's the type found in wild flower seed packs. Back in spring I bought "wild flower" seeds from the Dollar Tree that were on a seed mat you roll out and this was the ONLY seed that sprouted. he leaves are slightly fuzzy (thus the name "hounds tongue") and look very similar to Black Eyed Susan leaves. It started blooming in early December. For Florida, that isn't unusual. I have Gerbers blooming right now. And I promised a picture of my booming lettuce crop: here it is: