Common Name | Lungwort |
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Family | Boraginaceae |
Genus | Pulmonaria |
species | -- |
Plant Type | Perennial |
US Patent # | PP13124 |
EU Grant # | -- |
Bloom Time | -- |
Flower Color | Pink, Blue |
Foliage Color | Green |
Dormancy | Required |
Exposure | Part Shade, Full Shade |
Growth Habit | Clumping |
Growth Rate | Fast |
Hardiness Zone | 4 - 9 |
How Different? | Pink flowers with a silver leaf, no mildew problems. |
Landscape Value | Shade garden, mixed beds, under high branching shrubs, woodland. |
Most Active Growing Season | Spring |
Persistence | Deciduous |
Size (HT/W/FL HT) | 15" / 20" / 10" |
Soil (Garden) | Average |
Water (Garden) | Average |
Special Uses | -- |
Comments | Plants wilt rapidly from soil drying out when large and rooted out. Can be root pruned when grow too large for pot. Crown will re-root quickly. Pulmonaria prefer their roots cool. |
Pulmonaria ‘Northern Lights’
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This plant is no longer for sale directly from TERRA NOVA® Nurseries. However, it may still be available through one of our Licensees or Retail Sources. |
This plant has frosted and silvered foliage which gives rise to shimmering flowers in rich shades of cranberry, purple, and blue. It has loads of large flowers that have an extended bloom time. Mildew resistant.
USDA Hardiness Zone(s): 4-9
Size (HT/W/FL HT): 15″ / 20″ / 10″
Exposure: Part Shade, Full Shade
Bloom Time(s): —