Three Best-Performing Pulmonarias

By Plant Hunter, Lark Hanham.


Highly acclaimed for their vigorous growth and spectacular early colour, Pulmonarias are the queens of the spring garden and have long been a cottage garden favourite since their introduction. Consisting of an ever-growing group of hardy hybrids - both evergreen and deciduous - Pulmonarias are promiscuous plants that easily cross-pollinate to form new interesting specimens. They're normally admired for their ease of growth and colour-changing blooms, which appear on short robust stems above flecked and mottled foliage. However, they form neat, rounded low-maintenance clumps that slowly creep by their rhizomatous roots; this habit makes them the ideal plants for shady groundcover. Height and spread 30cm.



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rubra Redstart

Boasting a vigorous, free-flowering habit from as early as January, it provides essential nectar for hungry bees. Its foliage isn't susceptible to scorch, so it will always provide something attractive to look at.

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Blue Ensign

It's an award-winning variety that produces a healthy habit, which is normally enjoyed for its gigantic cobalt-blue flowers that proudly face upwards to allow close inspection.

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Silver Bouquet

This special and relatively new variety has some of the most striking foliage available. Its long, graceful, semi-evergreen leaves neatly spiral from the centre of each clump, making it an excellent subject for a perennial pot.

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