Re: [SG] pulmonaria source/ Munchkin Nursery

Hello Claire & All,
        At your request here is a cut and past from the Pulmonaria section of my
99 catalog. (Which is not up on the web site as yet and will not be in the
mail until the end of January the way it looks now) These happen to be my
favorites thus far. Others in the garden are being watched for a while
before adding to the catalog. One each would give you a nice colorful
display and a good arrangement with companions is my thinking.
        I am using several Hechura, Trilliums, Wild Sweet William, Wood Poppy,
deciduous Azaleas, Oak Leaf Hydrangea, Creeping Woodland  Phlox and
Delphinium Tricorne in white and lavender-purple. There are many other
things surrounding the area as well.
*Pulmonaria angustifolia                Lungwort -Johnson's Blue                        Z 4 -   part shade
$ 8.00                          Deep green hairy leaves that reach only about four to six inches
in height forming an open clump. The tubular blooms are a sky blue and do
not change color as with many of the Pulmonarias.  Wonderful  little
restrained ground cover. Begins blooming in mid-March and lasts into May.

*Pulmonaria longifolia          Lungwort -Bertram Anderson                      Z 4 -   part shade
$ 8.00                          Foliage is long and narrow forming an arched spray of green
spotted with silver-white reaching about twelve inches in height. Blooms
are blue and make a good display from March through the last of May.  Use
Phlox stolonifera to weave in and out of several clumps of this Lungwort .
Mildew resistant.

*Pulmonaria longifolia          Lungwort – cevennensis                          Z 4 -   part shade
$ 9.00                          Longer more narrow leaves than Bertram and more heavily spotted.
Both Bertram and this selection are resistant to powdery mildew. Easily
grown in decent organic soil with blooms in steel-blue. New to catalogs and
sure to become a favorite with its arching habit and good display of blooms
from March through May.

*Pulmonaria rubra               Lungwort – Redstart                             Z 3 – 9 part shade
$ 8.00                          This selection has been around for a while now in catalogs and
European gardens. A proven performer. Foliage reaches about twelve inches
in height and the blooms are red. Showy against the mint green of the
leaves. Blooms from march through May.
Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> From: Claire Peplowski <ECPep@AOL.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: [SG] pulmonaria source
> Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 1:35 PM
>
> Hi Group,
>
> Just reading the Naylor Creek Nursery (owners on this list) I find
numerous
> cv's of pulmonaria listed.  Some are marked mildew resistant.
>
> Since this nursery has an e-mail (posted recently) one could inquire
while the
> the slow season is upon us.  Pulmonaria 'Paul Aden' is listed as mildew
> resistant.
>
> Mail order will be the thing, I believe, I never see these cv's in the
best
> local nurseries.  I think we have several other shade garden nurseries on
> list.  They may wish to send their lists with mildew resistant cv's
starred
> for the northeast.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> East Nassau, NY
> zone 4 (with NO bad weather by some miracle)
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