Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Lungwort Plant Profile

Plant Profile: Lungwort 

Lungwort (Pulmonaria) is a terrific perennial plant for shade, but it can also take a good deal of sun.

The plant prefers wet, humus-y soil.  It is quite drought-tolerant once established -- as long as you keep it well mulched.

It awakens in early spring and has a long-lasting bloom. The flowers are purple, pink, and blue. They somewhat resemble our native Virginia Bluebell.

The foliage ranges from plain green to silver spotted to frosted almost totally silver. Its fuzzy leaves make it deer-resistant.

This is not a long-lived plant, so every 3-5 years, dig up the clumps in fall and divide them.

It is a small-ish plant so it does best situated in mass groupings or at the front of a border. Pair it with primrose, hosta, carex, and hellebores, which grow in similar shade to part sun situations.

Lungwort: You Can Grow That!

 

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Audio, Photos, and Text by Kathy Jentz

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