Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'
(Lungwort 'Blue Ensign')
Family - Boraginaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Discovered at RHS Garden Wisley
Year of Introduction - Introduced into cultivation around 1990 by Monksilver Nursery
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H6
Height - 25cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The Walled Garden
Description: A clump-forming, compact, rhizomatous Perennial. Dark green leaves are covered in fine hair and are Elliptic to oblong in shape. Rich deep blue, funnel-shaped flowers open from lilac-pink buds. The flowers are held in upright Cymes from early to mid-spring and are attractive to bees.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Rich deep blue flowers open from lilac-pink buds in March and April. The flowers are funnel-shaped and held in cymes on upright stems.
Flower colour: Blue
Flower shape: Funnel-shaped flowers in cymes
Flowering time: March, April
Foliage:
Unspotted, dark green leaves are Elliptic to oblong in shape. The leaves are covered in fine hair and are Alternately arranged up the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Elliptic to oblong
Propagation:
Division, root cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in sun or shade in moisture retentive soil that is well drained.