Description
Brunnera –
There are about 3 species of rhizomatous clump forming perennials, in this genus. They occur from woodland in Eastern Europe to Western Siberia. They are grown for their flowers and ground covering foliage. They have usually heart shaped to rather narrow ovate, rough hairy, basal leaves and lance to ovate shaped stem leaves. In spring and early summer it bears terminal cyme like panicles of tiny 5 petalled, purple-blue, rarely white flowers. Grow in woodland as a groundcover, or in a border.
Grow in moderately fertile, humus rich, moist but well drained soil in dappled shade. Divide in autumn.
Brunnera macrophylla – Anchusa myosotidiflora – Siberian Bugloss – This rhizomatous perennial from the Caucasus grows 18-24″ tall and 24″ wide. It produces softly hairy, mid to deep green leaves. Basal leaves are heart shaped, pointed, and 2-8″ long, with long leaf stalks, stem leaves are lance shaped to elliptic-ovate. In mid and late spring it bears violet flowers, to 1/4″ across, in panicles 8″ or more long.
Zones 3-8
