Pulminaria aka Lungwort: my new perennial
My mother-in-law gave me a gift today. It is a new perennial for my garden that blooms in early spring with pink flowers that turn blue as they age. Pulminaria (aka Lungwort) is a strange name for a pretty little flowering plant. Apparently, the clever person who did the naming thought that the spotted leaves looked like lungs, and added wort to the end because it is a Saxon word meaning plant. The first photo is of the newly placed plant in my garden and the second photo is one that I found on the internet that show the flowers in bloom.

