• Image of Pulmonaria 'Majeste'|Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG
    |Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG
  • Image of Pulmonaria 'Majeste'|Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG
    |Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG
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Pulmonaria 'Majeste'

Lungwort

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Shop Available Pulmonaria

Item #: 3214

Zones: 4a to 8b

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 10" tall

Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade

Origin: Hybrid

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


I first saw the stunning Pulmonaria 'Majeste' in 1994 in Elizabeth Strangman's UK garden and used up two rolls of film photographing it. Finally, this 1986 French seedling from Didier Willery of La Ferme Fleurie Nursery made its way into the US. The deer-resistant leaves are solid silver with an almost shiny finish...attractive enough even without flowers. In early spring the clumps are topped with the typical short arching sprays of pink and blue flowers...WOW!

Maintenance:

Pulmonarias are evergreen herbaceous perennials. They are grown as much for their spring floral display as for their evergreen silver spotted or entirely silvered foliage. Spent flower stalks are not attractive and need to be removed so the foliage can once again take center stage. They are readily cut down low enough so they are out of sight. If allowed to go to the seed they can produce seedlings which will not be true to type.

Pulmonarias don't require regular division but division is a means of propagation that the home gardener can employ to increase their display of pulmonarias.

Growing Conditions:

Pulmonarias want a bright shady or part shade location with moist well drained soil, neither soggy or dry.

Garden Value:

Pulmonarias are entirely worth growing for their early spring floral display. Cobolt blue is the most common flower color amongst Pulmonarias;a color that is fairly rare amongst flowers. Those cultivars with silver spotted or entirely silvered leaves add color to the shade garden most of the rest of the year and thus are of great value to those wanting color in their shade garden.

Pulmonarias are a member of the borage family, the Boraginaceae, and not readily eaten by rabbits and deer.