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Overview:

Silvery white. Green edge. Blue flowers. Blooms April-May.

Taxonomy

Notes:

Parentage: sport of 'Langtrees'

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Physical Description

Family Boraginaceae:

Herbs perennial, biennial, or annual, less often lianas, shrubs, or trees, usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple, exstipulate, alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin. Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed, mostly persistent. Corolla tubular, campanulate, rotate, funnelform, or salverform; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat, included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse, 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base, less often medifixed, dehiscence longitudinal. Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous, semianatropous, or anatropous. Style terminal or gynobasic, branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate, or subulate. Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings, prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips) . Seeds vertical or oblique, coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved; cotyledons flat, fleshy.

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions, centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.^[1]

Habit: Clumping perennial forms a bright mound of foliage.

Flowers: Clusters of tiny, bright blue forget-me-not like flowers bloom in May, June. • Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: medium blue

Foliage: Summer foliage: Large, rounded heart-shaped glowing, frosted silvery leaves veined with dark green.

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Distribution

Landscaping

Landscape Uses: Border. Rockgarden. Wood's edge. • Care: Deer resistant. Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.

Growth

Culture: Space 12-18" apart.

Soil: Soil: Prefers good, moist well-drained organic soil. Can tolerate clay soil. • Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Partial sun or part shade/shade. Prefers partial shade.

Moisture: Water Requirements: Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy. Keep soil evenly moist throughout season. Tolerates dry sites once established, but prefers moist soil.

Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 9 (>120 to 150 days) Low:1 (< 1 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Brunnera:

There are approximately 21 species in this genus.: B. 'Blue Angel' (False Forget-Me-Not) · B. macrophylla (False Forget-Me-Not) · B. macrophylla 'Agnes Amez' · B. macrophylla 'Alba' · B. macrophylla 'Betsy Baring' · B. macrophylla 'Betty Bowring' (False Forget-Me-Not) · B. macrophylla 'Blaukuppel' · B. macrophylla 'Dawson's White' (Dawson's White Siberian Bugloss) · B. macrophylla 'Gordano Gold' · B. macrophylla 'Hadspen Cream' (Hadspen Cream False Forget-Me-Not) · B. macrophylla 'Jack Frost' (False Forget-Me-Not) · B. macrophylla 'Langford Hewitt' · B. macrophylla 'Langtrees' (False Forget-Me-Not) · B. macrophylla 'Looking Glass' (Alakanet) · B. macrophylla 'Marley's Ghost' · B. macrophylla 'Marley's White' · B. macrophylla 'Silver Wings' · B. macrophylla 'Variegata' (Siberian Bugloss) · B. myosotidiflora · B. orientalis · B. sibirica

Bibliography

• Wang Wen-tsai, Liu Yu-lan, Zhu Ge-ling, Lian Yong-shan, Wang Jing-quan & Wang Qing-rui in Kung Xian-wu & Wang Wen-tsai, eds. 1989. Boraginaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(2): 1-253.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
• Merrifield Garden Center, Fairfax VA USA

Identifiers:

• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 709063

Footnotes:

1. Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.