Pulmonaria (Lungwort): Early Spring Blooms & Silver-Spotted Foliage for Shade

Light: Partial to full shade.
Soil: Average to damp.
Summer: May vanish in drought, reappear with cool rain.
South: Often “melts out” in heat, returns next spring.
Slugs: Love the prickly leaves—beer traps or diatomaceous earth.

Culture

Blue-to-pink flowers in earliest spring; foliage stays attractive all season in moisture.

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