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when to buy lungwort

YnneadYnnead Posts: 250
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I'm thinking of ordering some pulmonaria to plant out next year. I know these plants die down for winter. Is it better to wait till spring next year? Just being tempted by sales at the moment lol.
London
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    they don't all die down in winter, plenty of leaves in my garden. Expecting a few flowers by January. If you buy from a reliable source you should be OK if you can care for them. If you get tiny plants in a long cold spell and nowhere to shelter them you could have difficulties


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • YnneadYnnead Posts: 250
    Thankyou for the advice nut. This is the one I'm thinking of buying from the Rhs.
    Buy lungwort Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign' (rhsplants.co.uk)
    London
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Ynnead said:
    Thankyou for the advice nut. This is the one I'm thinking of buying from the Rhs.
    Buy lungwort Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign' (rhsplants.co.uk)
    As you suggest, this one does disappear in winter and isn't such an early flowerer. I would need to be very sure of a company to order something I couldn't see on arrival.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • YnneadYnnead Posts: 250
    Is there any you recommend to buy? Looking for one thats good for bumblebees/pollinators early in the year.
    London
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    There is a good recent (updated) thread here. There is a wide variety of cultivars mentioned and various online sellers.


  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @nutcutlet.   I’ve got lots of the Rubra you sent me years ago,  transplanted it in lots of different places.   Lovely early flowers for the bees.  
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Lyn said:
    @nutcutlet.   I’ve got lots of the Rubra you sent me years ago,  transplanted it in lots of different places.   Lovely early flowers for the bees.  
    That's good to know @Lyn. I thought I'd lost it in the hot, dry summer of 22, but it's making a comeback now


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    Hi Ynnead , I grew mine from seed about 20 years ago.  They have multiplied quite considerably and flower every year.  So far, they have survived freezing winters and scorching droughts.  (I never water the garden, just the pots and newly planted shrubs/trees.)  Mine are the usual sort, nothing too special but I like them enormously.



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  • YnneadYnnead Posts: 250
    Oh were did u get seeds from @Zoe P2 ? I tried British wildplants for plugs but guess pulmonaria isn't native to the UK.
    London
  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    That was 20 years ago, Ynnead and, unfortunately, that little shop that sold seeds and flowers closed down several years ago.  They were Brown's seeds.  I googled Brown's for you just now but I couldn't see any.  However, I found these on ebay.
    ebay.co.uk/itm/195165105982?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&customid=Cj0KCQiA67CrBhC1ARIsACKAa8RcSK6gGApPf1V3qWWYYcMxMfF-zj6aAf8shepTpuiN2LcURvbyYYwaAijnEALw_wcB

    Good luck!




    I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

      Martin Luther King

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