Growing Brunnera
How to Grow
This plant isn’t tough to grow if you give it shade to part-shade in decent woodland soil. If you try growing it on clay soils, you’ll winterkill it with too much moisture. Add lots of compost and peat to a regular garden soil and watch this plant explode. (it is not invasive however).
Growing Details
It grows 12 to 18 inches tall and produces the loveliest sky-blue forget me not flowers (some folks will think it is a forget me not) in the early spring. Space the plants 12-18 inches apart for best effect and they’ll fill in to give you a blanket of bloom. They propagate easily by division. I try to do this just before they bloom or in the fall.
Recommended Varieties
The species is often sold and is a delightful plant all by itself.
'Langtrees' also sold as 'Aluminum Spot' This form has aluminum colored spots on the leaves – quite attractive in the part shade garden.
'Variegata' also sold as 'Dawson's White' Heavily variegated in white and green leaf.
’Jack Frost’ with silvery leaves and veined foliage. Excellent plant and pictured here in its first year - it will get thicker with age.
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