Features and Growing Tips

Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.

Landscape Qualities

Spot On Lungwort is an herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden | but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

Ornamental Qualities

Spot On Lungwort features delicate clusters of royal blue bell-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems from mid to late spring | which emerge from distinctive salmon flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive narrow leaves remain green in color with distinctive silver spots throughout the season.

Planting and Growing

Spot On Lungwort will grow to be about 14 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 20 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant | individual plants should be spaced approximately 20 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground | not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial | this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter | and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. This plant does not require much in the way of fertilizing once established. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Plant Facts

Prefers partial shade to shade

Deer Resistant

Keep moisture level average to moist

Mature Size 16"Hx20"W

Cutflower Favorite

Flowers are royal blue

Flowers from mid to late spring

Zone 3a

Likes average to moist soil