Plant Profile:
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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