Thanks Chelle, Sue.
I too like the blue that comes after the pink buds.
Pulmonaria angustifolia does not die down, like Mertensia virginica, but the new green leaves grow over the old.
I don't tend to notice it, in our garden, in June, July and August, because it's largely screened by taller perennials that bloom after it,
e.g. irises and phlox.
I have more experience growing lungbanes than M. virginica, but I'd say lungbanes flower for as long a time, or some certainly longer, than Mertensia.
It seems that the plant sold as P. angustifolia is not the plant originally assigned that species name.
More to the point in purchasing it now, there is apparently horticultural confusion between the species and cultivars of the species.
Couldn't get rid of the large empty space at the end of this entry, so added a P. angustifolia picture!
