STEADILY forming dense low cover, pulmonarias are easy-to-grow hardy perennials that bring us the best of two worlds. In spring come the flowers, which resemble giant forget-me-nots, and at the same time that the flower stems are stretching the new leaves are developing, often enhanced by their silvery colouring.
Pulmonarias for flowers
In late winter or early spring, and sometimes through into early summer, the short flower stems of pulmonarias emerge, usually not reaching more than about 30cm (12in) high. The flower stems unfurl as the flowers open, the buds usually begin pink and develop a wide range of blue and purple shades, sometimes in pastel tones and sometimes
