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Pulmonaria Raspberry Splash

Pulmonaria (pul-muh-NARE-ee-ah)

Family: Boraginaceae Unknown Herbaceous (1-3 ft)

Raspberry Splash lungwort is a semi-evergreen perennial in the Borage family (Boraginaceae) and is considered one of the best lungworts for the garden. This cultivar is a hybrid between P. longifolia ‘Bertram Anderson’ and P. ‘Leopard’. U.S. Plant Patent #PP12,138. This easy-to-grow plant forms clumps up to a foot tall and spreads 1 to 2 feet wide. It does best in partial shade to full shade and prefers humus-rich well-drained but consistently moist soils. Dry soils and summer heat may cause the plant to go dormant. Prune spent flowers after blooming is complete. Deer and rabbit resistant. The pinkish-purple flowers appear in spring in clusters held just above the foliage. Leaves are heavily variegated with silver splotches, adding additional interest to the shady garden. It is evergreen in warmer winter climates. Use raspberry splash lungwort to edge shady walkways or in groups of shady and woodland gardens. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. Watch for snails and slugs.

Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗ NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 35 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft)
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Companions & Conflicts

Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.

No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.

Also noted by NC State

Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.

Fills a similar niche Cyclamen hederifolium Helleborus orientalis Iris x germanica

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Ground Cover; Perennial
Life cycle
Perennial
USDA zones
3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil texture
High Organic Matter
Soil drainage
Good Drainage | Moist
Available space
12 inches-3 feet
NC region
Coastal; Mountains; Piedmont
Mature size
Height: 0 ft. 6 in. - 1 ft. 0 in. | Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Medium
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Mounding; Spreading
Texture
Medium
Leaf color
Gray/Silver; Green; Variegated
Leaf shape
Lanceolate
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Lance-shaped silver-spotted dark green leaves are solid green on the undersides.
Flower color
Pink; Purple/Lavender; Red/Burgundy
Flower value
Showy
Flower form
Cyme
Flower shape
Funnel
Flower detail
Drooping clusters of purple to pinkish colored flowers appear just above the foliage in spring
Bloom time
Spring
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Walkways; Woodland
Landscape theme
Cottage Garden; Shade Garden
Design feature
Border; Mass Planting
Garden tags
#showy flowers #HS302 #HS304 #rabbit resistant #shade garden #morning sun #walkway #woodland garden #deer resistant #spring flowers #purple flowers #pink flowers #mass planting #full shade #variegated
Problems & Resistance
Resistant to
Black Walnut; Deer; Rabbits
Particularly resistant to
Powdery Mildew

Planted at Hunnicutt

Nobody’s planted this one yet.