Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare' bare roots — Buy lungwort plants online at Farmer Gracy UK (2024)

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Orders placed until 29 February 2025
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Description

Let Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare' loose in your shady borders and allow it effectively cover boring, bare soil whilst supressing weeds with it’s patterned silver-speckled leaves and dainty little spring blooms. The enchantment of spring will come early to your garden with this resilient, ground covering perennial, which typically starts flowering from as soon as February. This European native is a favourite with wildlife too, providing valuable early season nectar for hungry bees emerging from hibernation. Considered one of the best lungworts available (stamped and sealed by the RHS, having given it an Award of Garden Merit), Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare' makes a tidy, neat and dense clump of beautiful, long, spotted semi-evergreen leaves that emerge green and fade to pure silver. Starting in late February, the flowers emerge dark violet, aging to a cobalt blue, which looks perfect against those cool-toned leaves.

The great thing about Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare' is that it’s so adaptable, growing in almost any garden soil, in sun or partial shade. It makes one of the prettiest and best behaved ground covers too, its attractive leaves providing a lovely contrasts with other plants. In a shadier area, try combining it with hostas, brunneras and thalictrums for a colourful, textured and varied show of foliage and blooms. Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare' also pairs beautifully with spring bulbs popping through, such as narcissus and muscari: a border or even a container planted up like this is a true tonic of spring loveliness after a long winter. Lungwort’s semi-evergreen foliage will last through most of the year, and being fully hardy, you won’t need to worry about over winter either.

Lungwort is used in cough medicines, to reduce fluid retention, and to help treat lung conditions like tuberculosis. It has long been valued in traditional herbal medicine for respiratory health.

Key features

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    Good for cutting

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    Comes back every year

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    Fragrant

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    Loved by pollinators

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    In peat-free compost

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    RHS Award (AGM)

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    Fully hardy

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    Rodent resistant

Specs & details

  • Botanical name

    Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare'

  • Flower colour

    Purple

  • Plant size

    1

  • Established height

    20-30cm

  • Established spread

    20-30cm

  • Plant spacing

    9 plants per m2

  • Leaf colour

    Green, silver, white

  • Habit

    Upright
    Clump-forming

  • Life cycle

    Perennial

  • Hardiness

    Fully hardy

  • Years to establish

    2-3 years

  • Sunlight

    Full sun
    Partial shade
    Dappled shade

  • Position

    Sheltered
    Exposed

  • Suitable for

    Borders
    Coastal gardens
    Cottage gardens
    Cut flower gardens

  • Soil acidity

    Any

  • Soil moisture

    Free draining
    Damp

  • Soil type

    Loam
    Sandy
    Clay
    Multipurpose compost

  • RHS Award (AGM)

    Yes

  • Growing skill

    Easy to grow

  • Scented

    Yes

  • Pollinator-friendly

    Yes

  • Mouse resistant

    Yes

  • Rabbit resistant

    Yes

  • Deer resistant

    Yes

  • Toxicity

    No report

Plant calendar

JanFebMarAprMayJuneJulyAugSepOctNovDec
  • Planting
  • Flowering

Useful information

    • Soak the Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare' roots in water for 3-6 hours prior to planting

    • Plant your "Lungwort" bare roots into temporary pots with a multipurpose compost in spring and grow-on in a sheltered spot outdoors

    • Choose a pot which comfortably fits the bare roots. Some have a noticeable crown which should be just below the soil surface with any top growth exposed. Some varieties are a length of root which should be planted lengthways and shallowly (1-2cm deep).

    • Plant out into borders or permanent containers in late spring or early summer once in full growth. Choose a position in sun or shade depending on the variety.

  • Orders placed until 29 February 2025
    You can expect your order in February/March 2025

    Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
    You can expect your order in March/April 2025

    Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
    You can expect your order within 10 business days

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