Lovely pictures, Brian.
I do have Mertensia, but I too get much greater mileage from Pulmonaria.
Am trying to take stock of what perennials we have, in our own garden, while I can still see some soil.
Have already done the lungbanes.
Of our dozen or so cultivars, think I particularly like the flowers of 'Blue Ensign' and 'E.B.Anderson' (very different blues).
We also have one or two species lungbanes which tend to spread around, but which are easy to control with a spade.
Being a bit on the perfectionist side, I eliminate seedlings because, as Brian and Susie say, the bees can cause a lot of interbreeding.
'Margery Fish' is of hybrid origin, likely the work of bees; it's also now the parent of a number of more recent American introductions.
Was happy to get a root of 'Regal Ruffles' (the first lungbane with ruffled flowers) in early May and even happier that it's now leafing.
