General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 9 to 12 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Semi-evergreen
Variegated
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Mauve
Other: Raspberry red
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Powdery Mildew
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Division after flowering or in fall.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP12,138 (2001)
Parentage: Bertram Anderson x Leopard
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Lungwort
  • Bethlehem Sage
  • Jerusalem Sage

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Date: 2009-05-04
Location: Vermont
Date: 2023-07-08
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-04-28
Location: Victoria, BC
Date: 2019-03-23
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2012-05-15
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-02-22
Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2016-05-18
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Location: Hall's of Heddon nursery, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2018-08-23
Location: West shade garden
Date: August
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-05-29
Location: North Eastern Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-05-05
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: April 21, 2021
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-02-28
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-03-08
Photo by foraygardengirl

Date: 2009-07-21
Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries,Inc. wwwterranovanurseries.co
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-03-16
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-20
Young plant
Location: West shade garden
Date: May
Location: Middle TN
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: Bordines Nursery, Brighton, MI
Date: 2010-04-01
Photo by jvdubb
Location: West shade garden
Date: April 2015
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries
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Location: Bordines Nursery, Brighton, MI
Date: 2010-04-01
Location: Bordines Nursery, Brighton, MI
Date: 2010-04-01
Location: Bordines Nursery, Brighton, MI
Date: 2010-04-01
Location: Bordines Nursery, Brighton, MI
Date: 2010-04-01
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