April 27, 2008




Pulminaria aka Lungwort: my new perennial





Pulminaria is also known as Lungwort, Joseph and Mary or Soldiers and Sailors.




Pulminaria in bloom



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.

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