{"id":20915,"date":"2020-05-28T12:09:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T11:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20915"},"modified":"2020-05-28T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T11:10:19","slug":"my-pulmonaria-experiences-and-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/my-experiences\/my-pulmonaria-experiences-and-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"My Pulmonaria Experiences and Preferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20916\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Primulas-020-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Primulas-020-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Primulas-020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Primulas-020-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Primulas-020-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Primulas-020-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Primulas-020-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Primulas-020-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pulmonaria Blue Ensign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The extensive borage family includes the blue flowering Pulmanaria Blue Ensign shown above with an early flowering Iris reticulata.<\/p>\n<h3>My Pulmonaria Experience<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>If I was looking for more Pulmonaria I would go for the pink\/red &#8216;shrimps on the barbie&#8217; and the white Sissinghurst.<\/li>\n<li>These common named\u00c2\u00a0 &#8216;lungworts&#8217; are <span class=\"st\">perennials that die back to below ground level each\u00c2\u00a0 autumn making them hard to keep track of due to the rhizomas roots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The white mottled leaves were not as vibrant this spring and would have preferred more\u00c2\u00a0 shade and damper conditions.<\/li>\n<li>I find some members of the 10,000+ boraginaceae family can be a bit thuggish and I plant them with some trepidation. (Just consider <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/comfrey-free-fertiliser\/\">Comfrey<\/a> if left unchecked)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulmonaria Blue Ensign The extensive borage family includes the blue flowering Pulmanaria Blue Ensign shown above with an early flowering Iris reticulata. My Pulmonaria Experience If I was looking for more Pulmonaria I would go for the pink\/red &#8216;shrimps on the barbie&#8217; and the white Sissinghurst. These common named\u00c2\u00a0 &#8216;lungworts&#8217; are perennials that die back to below ground level each\u00c2\u00a0 autumn making them hard to keep track of due to the rhizomas roots. The white mottled leaves were not as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/my-experiences\/my-pulmonaria-experiences-and-choices\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[291],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-experiences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20915"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20920,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20915\/revisions\/20920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}