Full Shade
Easy care
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
9a
USDA zone
-7°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
45cm | Max | 60cm |
20cm | Min | 30cm |
5 years to reach maturity
Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
This plant has no fragrance
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Hairy Lungwort Overview
Pulmonaria mollis is a vigorous perennial from the Boraginaceae family. It forms clump from rhizomes, producing softly hairy, mid-dark green leaves. frm late winter to mid-spring blue flowers, occasionally flushed with pink-purple appear, aging to a purple-blue shade.
Common problems with Hairy Lungwort
How to harvest Hairy Lungwort
Generally not harvested.
How to propagate Hairy Lungwort
Division
Divide in autumn or immediately after flowering.
Cuttings
Propagation is from seed, cuttings.
Seed
Special features of Hairy Lungwort
Winter colour
Ground cover
Other uses of Hairy Lungwort
A useful plant for under planting deciduous shrubs in wildlife gardens but it also suits beds/borders of cottage/informal gardens as ground cover.