Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'

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Price:  £4.50 Notify me when this item is available Family:  Boraginaceae Main Season:  Spring Flower Colour:  Blue Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Deciduous Position:  Shade Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  15cm to 30cm (6" to 12") RHS Award of Garden Merit:  RHS Award of Garden Merit Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H6 minimum -15C to -20C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

AGM One of the best blue flowered forms with the rich, royal blue flowers shown off to good effect by the clumps of deep green leaves. Usually deciduous. 20cm. Good soil in part shade or shade.

It may be an older variety but Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign' still outperforms many of the newer varieties.  Good clumps of broad, hairy, leaves and lots of decent sized cheerful flowers in early to mid spring.

Best in a decent soil that doesn't dry out too much, in sun in winter and spring but with a little shade during the summer.  Underneath deciduous trees or shrubs with a light canopy like silver birch would be ideal.

A seedling in Bowles' Corner at the RHS Garden Wisley and introduced by Monksilver in the early 1990s.