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Common Name(s:) Lungwort
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Design Tips:
They also look especially beautiful planted with the delicate foliage and soft pink flowers of fringed leaf Dicentra.
Suggested Varieties:
P. officinalis ‘Sissinghurst White’ - Long, speckled leaves with pale pink buds that open to pure white
P. ‘Spilled Milk’ - Has the familiar pink to blue flowers. Young leaves are tinged purple, changing to film of white as they age.
Cultural Notes:
Pulmonaria is a low growing plant, although the flower stalks can reach a foot and a half. Bees love the blossoms. Most varieties will self seed as well as spread by rhizomes, so they make a nice choice as a ground cover.
Pulmonaria are basically a woodland plant and prefer either shady location or at least a moist one.
Maintenance: After flowering, the flower stalks turn brown and flop over. The initial leaves also begin looking tattered. A removing the entire flower stalk and the older leaves will encourage the plant to rejuvenate and look fresh again. More de-leafing may be necessary if the summer is hot or dry.
Because they grow in moist conditions and low to the ground, pulmonaria can be prone to mildew and slug and snail damage.
