lungwort
Pulmonaria longifolia
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 18 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Purple-blue
- Foliage color
- Gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia) is a perennial for shade gardens, woodland edges, ground cover, and borders. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It forms a slow, clumping mound of gray-silver and green leaves. Purple-blue flowers open in early to late spring and attract hummingbirds.
Pairs well with Woodland phlox, Yellow trout-lily, and Ice Follies daffodil.
Native range
Europe.