| Description | Sissinghurst White (Pulmonaria) is a hybrid Pulmonaria with large white flowers. AKA: Sissinghurst White Lungwort |
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| Pronunciation | (pul-muh-NAIR-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | shade to partial shade |
| Moisture | moist, average, resents dry |
| Soil & Site | moist, average, resents dry |
| Flowers | The white, funnel-shaped, borne in terminal clusters (drooping cymes). Forms a tubular calyx at the base of the flower. |
| Leaves | Lance-shaped, long petioles, silvery white spots, will scorch in the full sun |
| Maintenance | They will reseed jumping around the garden |
| Propagation | division |
| Misc Facts | Common name of lungwort is in reference to the supposed resemblance of the spotted leaves to a diseased lung. |
| Author's Notes | The secret to growing Pulmonary is partial shade and moist soils. In full sun or dry soils the foliage deteriorates as the summer progresses. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #116-Pulmonarias and The Borage Family (Masha Bennit) |
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