Comments on: Pulmonaria ‘Samourai’ with True Blue Flowers

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:18:55 +0000

Carolyn, you’re right, the bees do visit these plants often. My Pulmonaria have just come into flower again this year, so between these and the Brunnera, the garden is full of blue flowers.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:14:32 +0000

I was pleased to see so many people like my favorite flower, Pulmonaria, which grows profusely in our garden here in Glasgow, Scotland. We found P. officinalis in our mature garden when we moved here in 1976 and it has bloomed every year since then. The colours are beautiful and the flowers last so long. No one has mentioned in your posts that the bees seem to love them – we always have bees feeding from our flowers! According to Wikipedia there is also a moth which prefers this plant, but I don’t know if lives around here.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:59:00 +0000

#23, I have some Pulmonaria that are under the edge where a maple tree and a lilac meet, and they do very well. They bloom at the same time as the Wedgewood Blue lilac.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:47:37 +0000

would this species do well planted beneath and around Lilac trees/bushes?

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:40:06 +0000

Marnie, I love the foliage as much as the flowers too. Samourai is a bit like a lamb’s ear plant for the shade, great texture, and a good contrast to the usual shade plants. It would be nice if your moisture level continues, since it would increase the variety of plants your could grow.

Martha, I love calm, blue flowers in the shade. They make for a serene garden, and they’re pretty.

Gail, our weather is still late spring, so we can still add plants here. I imagine your plant list gets long, as you store up the names and ideas for a cool fall planting.

By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:01:14 +0000

Love the pulmonarias, they are delightful in your garden. The sweet blue flowers and that touch of pink are sweet. I totally get how people love these plants! I do hope to add more to the shadier gardens this fall….it’s too late now! 90 degrees! Have a good week. gail

By: Martha

Martha — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:43:56 +0000

Those are gorgeous blue flowers, Northern Shade.

Thank you for visiting me on Bloom Day and your thoughtful comments.

By: Marnie

Marnie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:35:45 +0000

I love the foliage as much or more than the blooms. I’ve never added any to my garden because in previous years we’ve had such dry summers–sometimes going two months without rain. The last two years have been wet ones and I keep thinking about adding some.

Lovely photos.
Marnie

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:08:49 +0000

Jan, most of them do have the freckles on their leaves. I find that Pulmonaria are very easy to look after. You just have to remove last year’s leaves when the new ones grow in the spring.

By: Jan (ThanksFor2Day)

Jan (ThanksFor2Day) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:17:12 +0000

Lovely shade plants! I put in 2 pulmonaria this spring. I never knew they had 2 separate colors going simultaneously…until I saw it in my own garden! It’s certainly an interesting quality they have! To be honest, I don’t know the botanical ‘variety’ of my pulmonaria, but the leaves are spotted;-)