Lungwort
- Botanical Name
- Pulmonaria spp.
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 12 inches
- Width
- 24 inches
- Flowers
- Early spring: bell to trumpet-like, often two toned; white, pink, coral, red, blue, purple
- Light
- Full to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, cool
- Planting & Care
- Deadhead after flowering to tidy up apparance and prevent reseeding
- Clean up any damaged foliage in spring
- Leaves may scorch with too much sun or dry soil
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
Trevi Fountain - slender, silver spotted foliage, large cobalt blue flowers 12 by 24 inches, good resistance to powdery mildew
Pulmonaria rubra - bright red flowers
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs. Moon' - foliage dotted with well-defined silver spots, magenta pink buds open to pink bell-shaped flowers that mature to blue
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