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Pulmonaria!

LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
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Does anyone grow Pulmonaria in full sun, but where they will be covered over and shaded out by larger perennials later in the year? Rather than planting it in shade I'm thinking of using it to provide spring interest where I have a group of Rudbeckia lacianata and asters.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Mine seeds and  grows everywhere and anywhere. It's not one of the fancy jobs, though. The bog standard blue one. Once the leaves get manky or mildewed, I pull them off. They come back the next spring. Once you have loads of self- seeders , you can select the ones with nicely marked leaves and dispose of the boring ones. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I have got one called 'Opal' which is on the shady side of the garden. Like yours it got a bit mildewy but I cut it back and it actually regrew. The new one I've got is 'Blue Ensign'. It will end up deep within other perennials as the summer goes on, so the mildew thing isn't too much of an issue as it won't be seen. I've heard a rumour that 'Blue Ensign' actually dies down in the summer, but will have to see.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    I have Blue Ensign and it disappears completely in summer.
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Great!

    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    So have l, and it's in full sun. As @Loxley says it disappears in Summer.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    This sounds ideal.

    My garden is arguably overstuffed as it is, so the idea of plants that disappear and make way for others appeals to me!
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’ve got the big standard blue turning to pink one and the Red one,  both in sun and shade, both fine and spread everywhere. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    I grow Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare which has striking silver foliage. Its position would count as full sun but there is some shading later in the season from Euphorbia palustris, white phlox and asters.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    May be an image of flower and outdoors
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    The only thing they really seem not to like (to the point of gradually wasting away) is not enough organic matter in the soil.
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