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| Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' Named for the Swiss botanist Samuel Brunner (1790-1844). Common name - Siberian Bugloss. True blue flowers resemble those of Forget-me-not. This is where its other name comes from: False Forget-me-not. I find Brunnera's flowers striking. Their color reminds me of a Blue Poppy. Alternate leaves help to catch light in a shady spot. They are attractive in several regards: heart shape, silvery color, green veins. Very showy! What is interesting about them is that I can almost see them getting bigger. What attracts me to this plant: easy to grow, low maintenance, cold hardy, both shade and sun tolerant, long bloom, color of flowers is rare, both foliage and flowers are pretty, deer resistant, no pests. I hope it will spread in my garden! General information:
Credits: The New Perennial club |
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| Trillium kurabayashi 'Giant Red' Common name - Giant purple wakerobin |
I hope this plant can spread in my garden too!
Credit: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
***Copyright 2011 TatyanaS
Is it your birthday? Happy Birthday, Tatyana.
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ReplyDeleteHope that huge trillium makes a big display in your garden. They take years to amount to much. Never heard of the other plant before.
I love the blue of your 'Jack Frost'. What a sweet flower. Your trillium is really unusual and great.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, belated birthday greetings. I hope you had a lovely day.
FlowerLady
The Brunnera does remind me of the forget me nots...which spread around here. Why I do not have Trillium is still a mystery to me. Love the foliage of it.
ReplyDeleteThat Trillium is great. I hope it makes a home in your shade garden.
ReplyDeleteLovely foliage Tatyana. Looking forward to your gardens.
ReplyDeleteThey are both graceful foliage plants. Good choices!
ReplyDeleteAre you realy have a Birthday today? Happy Birthday! Be healthy and wealthy!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the jack frost, its such a stunning blue. I have always wanted to try one, but was not sure how they would do in my clay soils. Hope yours flourish!
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Belated Happy Birthday, Tatyana. Hope you had a wonderful day. I grow the beautiful Brunnera but the Trillium is awesome.
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Happy Birthday garden friend! Hope you have fun celebrating!
ReplyDeleteLove the picturs! Carla
ReplyDeleteOooh. That trillium is pretty.
ReplyDeleteso very Spring touching my heart from far away Sandy
ReplyDeleteI love the Jack Frost. Does it smell like the forget-me-nots do? Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! I love Brunnera and do not know why it's not in my garden. The blue looks extra beautiful with the silvery leaves.
ReplyDeleteBoth are really pretty. We're trying again with a Trillium since I accidentally stepped on it and killed it last year...oops. Hope you'll share the flower on it when it blooms.
ReplyDeleteGreat foliage and flowering plants. I love plants that pull double duty!
ReplyDeletePretty picture of Jack Frost - mine is just starting to leaf out.
ReplyDeleteHello Tatyana,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog and commenting...I love your blog and your pics are beautiful...Happy belated Birthday!...I will stop by here again, soon!...Happy gardening!...Greetings from Indiana...Heidi
Envy!!! Trillium heads my list of love-to-have never-seen-here must-be-too-hot-in-spring plants... And what a glorious example!
ReplyDeleteTatyana, 'Jack Frost' has started to seed in my garden, and the seedlings have silvery leaves too. Love that trillium. Carolyn
ReplyDeleteThe Trillium is interesting. Will follow your trials.
ReplyDeleteWe've had many brunnera plants die in our shade garden. Not sure why, but I think I'll try them again this year, they're so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone! I hope these two will behave in my garden.
ReplyDeleteBirds, Bees, Berries, and Blooms, I need to check if Brunnera smells!
I don't have much shade here, but in the tiny bit I do have Jack Frost, isn't it charming?
ReplyDeleteI have a gorgeous variegated brunnera in my garden that I love, even though it goes dormant by mid-summer. They don't have a fragrance. Yours will spread but you'll need to be patient. I've never grown trillium but they're so beautiful in pictures.
ReplyDeletegreat flowers..love the Brunnera...I have many varieties...
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of wild Trillium growing in our woods this year. More then normal it seems...
ReplyDeleteFirst, happy birthday to you. Second, I think the little blue flowers on the Brunnera are so sweet. Good luck with it!
ReplyDeleteThese 2 are wonderful additions to your garden.
ReplyDeleteI really love all these new Brunnera...they are so lovely, both in and out of flower. I really need to add some to the garden this year!
ReplyDeleteLOVE Brunnera - it adds some good variety/light to shade areas.
ReplyDeleteLost mine in flood last summer :-(
LOVE trillium! It grows wild in wooded area of my yard- the flooding that I have experienced in that area (floodplain zone) is almost yearly and it keeps coming back!!
Great additions for you!
I think I am going to need that Trillium, and now that I have fallen for it, I'd better see if it can handle my climate.
ReplyDeleteDear Tatyana, I have Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' and love it for all the reasons you gave. I learned a lot about it in this informative post. P x
ReplyDeleteThank you, dear gardening friends!!!
ReplyDeleteThe trillium bud is opening slowly. I hope it won't disappoint us! The Brunnerr is getting more and more flowers!
I have not had the best luck with brunnera but if I could, I would want mounds of it!
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