| Description | Bethlehem Sage (Pulmonaria saccharata) has spotted foliage. A good plant for the shaded moist area of the garden |
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| Pronunciation | (pul-muh-NAIR-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | partial sun |
| Moisture | moist. quickly wilts in dry conditions |
| Soil & Site | moist, average, resents dry |
| Flowers | pink fading to blue, funnel shaped, borne in terminal clusters (drooping cymes) |
| Leaves | lance shaped, long petioles, silvery white spots, will scorch in the full sun |
| Stems | spreads by rhizomes |
| Maintenance | they will reseed jumping around the garden |
| Propagation | division, seeds |
| Misc Facts | Pulmonary is derived from pulmno or lung. aka: Spotted Dog, Jerusalem Sage, Joseph's Mary, Pulmonaria |
| Author's Notes | The secrete 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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