Pulmonaria captured my heart when I first saw it in bloom - it has pink and blue flowers at the same time because the flowers open pink and change to blue. So pretty! And the speckled leaves are cool, too. There are different varieties with many different variations of green and silver variegated leaves.
This is a super tough plant that does well in shade, even dry shade. Not only that but its leaves are not appetizing to slugs, unlike the leaves of that other foliage plant for shade, the hosta (which isn't drought tolerant, either). And pulmonaria leaves don't get ripped up in hail, like a hosta. Pulmonaria trumps hosta in Calgary's garden climate!
What more can I say? A great, low maintenance plant for shade.
I bought one of these without knowing this info...TFS! And yes, I have been sitting on your blog all day...ha!
Posted by: Allison | June 13, 2009 at 02:50 PM
This is such a wonderful plant. Thank-you.
Posted by: dennis | September 11, 2010 at 06:30 AM