Pulmonaria 'High Contrast' PP12337

Also Known As

High Contrast Lungwort

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 8"-10"
W: 16"-20"

planting zones

4a-9b

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Pulmonaria 'High Contrast' PP12337 plant details

Pulmonaria 'High Contrast' PP12337 is a broadleaf semi-evergreen perennial with blue, green and white foliage. In spring blue and pink flowers emerge. Attracts bees and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - regular water. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something humidity tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Pulmonaria 'High Contrast' PP12337

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: boraginaceae
Foliage: semi-evergreen blue, green and white
Mature size: 16 IN - 20 IN - wide, 8 IN - 10 IN - tall
Flowers: blue and pink blooms in spring
Uses: edging plant, long-blooming, mildew-resistant, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Pulmonaria 'High Contrast' PP12337

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer, humidity
Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

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 or mass plant as a ground cover. Lungworts are an important early season nectar source for hummingbirds and bees. Deer resistant.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

One of the best for hot southern summers, this mildew-resistant mounder offers DARK leaves HEAVILY splashed with bright CONTRASTING silver; large pink flowers in early spring age to blue. PSh-Sh/M-W PP12337

By: Forestfarm

Striking palest gray green foliage edged in a deeper green makes this a dynamite foliage plant for an evenly moist garden soil. In spring, 9" stems bear red-coral tinted buds that open to pink changing to violet bell flowers. After flowering ceases, cut back the stems to encourage fresh new foliage for the rest of the gardening season.

By: Avant Gardens

'High Contrast' has brilliantly contrasting foliage and one of the best track records of all of our Pulmonaria in the hot summers of the Midwest and South. Large pink flowers fade to blue over mildew resistant foliage. Nice mounding habit. Wavy, spear-shaped leaves are dark green, infused with melting silver.