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Pulmonaria: Common Name: Lungwort.

Spring and early-summer flowering plants often with white or silver spotted leaves. The common name refers to this spotting because herbalist believed the leaves resembled a cross section of a lung. 

They form clumps of deciduous leaves and prefer cool soils, and some moisture. They can be propagated by division and also by root cuttings. They will seed sparsely but plants will not come true the parent. The flowers are tubular and grow in bunches on semi-upright or trailing stems. In many types the flowers change colour from pink or white to blue in their 3-5 day life, with both colours on a plant at the same time.  

The Hardy Plant Society publish an excellent booklet on Pulmonaria, see www.hardy-plant.org.uk for details.

 

Pulmonaria Cotton Cool

Silver leaves and blue flowers. About 20-30cm tall. Excellent foliage in all summer. Grows in sun or even in very deep shade.