Raspberry Splash Lungwort is a shade loving semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage mottled with silver. Short stocks sporting dense clusters of small intensely colored funnel-shaped flowers that open raspberry pink and age to soft purple bloom from early to mid spring attracting butterflies. Best flowering in part shade and rich, evenly moist well-drained soils. Resistant to powdery mildew.
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Type:
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Perennial
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Height:
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0.5' - 1'
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Spread:
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1’ - 1.5’
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Spacing:
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1’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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3 - 9
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Culture:
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Part Sun, Full Shade
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Bloom Color:
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Pink/Purple
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Season of Interest:
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Spring, Year-Round
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Water regularly and do not let soil dry out. Will wilt or scorch in full sun. Root rot can be a problem in poorly drained soils. Powdery mildew and slugs are occasional problems.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Wildlife Garden, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Iris, Coral Bells, Fern
IMAGES: AnemoneProjectors, Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) (33628407390), CC BY-SA 2.0, (2) Photo(s) courtesy of TERRA NOVA® Nurseries, Inc., Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
