Brunnera Macrophylla Back For First Spring - April 2023
Last year, we planted a pair of heart-leaf brunnera (Brunnera macrophylla) from Roy Diblik's Northwind Perennial Farm up in Wisconsin and planted them in the understory garden of our backyard. This is the little section that my middle child has been planting with various low and mid-height perennials. These managed to avoid the rabbits last Fall and then went dormant. They've sprung up this year - a bit behind the other cultivars like Jack of Diamonds and Queen of Hearts - and have their small flowers putting on a little Spring show. Here, below, are both of them showing up for their first Spring: This one below is interplanted with tulips: