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Pulmonaria rubra |
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| Common name |
Christmas cowslip; red lungwort |
| Family |
boraginaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
pinkish red (April) |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
part-full shade |
Crazy! I tried to grow pulmonaria rubra from traded seed several years ago, with no success whatsoever. I don't recall what I did with the seeded pot, but apparently, I tossed it in the back area of the shade garden, because yesterday, lo and behold, a plant with a red flower! An ID request on GardenWeb suggested it's indeed the red lungwort, although I can't find online images that seem to match mine - the closest I've found is the 'Barfield Ruby' cultivar. This one doesn't have the variegation in foliage that other pulmonarias display, and has coarser, hairy leaves. Not sure yet how we'll use it in the garden, but I'm sure glad it decided to germinate after all.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: shade garden About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Linda | May 22, 2005 | Hi, in the UK I grow this as Pulmonaria rubra 'Bowle's Red'. I find the leaves quite coarse and not that attractive compared to other Pulmonarias that I grow but I haven't the heart to get rid of it! |
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