Pulmonaria ‘High Contrast’
Pulmonaria 'High Contrast' is a lungwort with raspberry-red and blue flowers and silver-mottled green foliage.
Pulmonaria ‘High Contrast’ offers early season colour in the spring garden with semi-evergreen, boldly silver-mottled, elliptic, wavy green leaves and large clusters of bell-shaped, multi-coloured flowers that emerge raspberry-red aging through warm purple to beautiful blue. Plants will grow to nine inches tall and 18 inches wide. Great longevity, mildew resistance, heat and humidity tolerance, and easy to grow. Ideal for the shade garden, mixed beds, under high branching shrubs, or in the woodland garden. Lungworts are an important early season nectar source for hummingbirds and bees. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Lungwort
Family: Boraginaceae (The Borage Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 8-12"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Foliage Colour: Variegated - Cream/White, Green, Silver
Class: Semi-evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
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Fragrance: No
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Benefits: Hummingbirds Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Mountainous to sub-alpine woodlands and streamsides.
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