Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' PP13,859
False Forget-Me-Not, Siberian Bugloss
USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8
Perennial Plant of the Year 2012 The luminous quality of the foliage is ideal for a shady garden. The plants have large, frosty silver leaves with dark green veins. A cluster of tiny sky-blue flowers appear in early spring. This clump-forming, hardy plant is appreciated mostly for its attractive foliage.
Homeowner Growing and Maintenance Tips
This variety is very heat and drought tolerant. Cut back faded foliage mid-season to promote new growth.
Good Companions
Bugbane
(Cimicifuga (Actaea) ramosa),
Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart
(Dicentra spectabilis),
Plantain Lily
(Hosta ),
Spotted Dead Nettle
(Lamium maculatum),
Pacific Bleeding Heart
(Dicentra formosa),
Bugleweed
(Ajuga reptans),
Woodland Phlox
(Phlox divaricata),
Bleeding Heart-Fern Leaved
(Dicentra ),
Hellebore
(Helleborus Winter Thrillers),
Bugbane
(Cimicifuga (Actaea) ramosa),
Grayleaf Cranesbill
(Geranium cinereum),
Plantain Lily
(Hosta ),
Barrenwort
(Epimedium rubrum),
Meadow Anemone
(Anemone canadensis),
Bleeding Heart
(Dicentra spectabilis),
Japanese Windflower Anemone
(Anemone ),
Coral Bells
(Heuchera ),
Bigleaf Ligularia
(Ligularia dentata),
Prostrate Blue Violet
(Viola walteri),
Hellebore
(Helleborus Winter Thrillers),
Lungwort
(Pulmonaria ),
Bugleweed
(Ajuga reptans),
Cranesbill
(Geranium cinereum),
Foxglove
(Digitalis purpurea),
Mini Hosta
(Hosta ),
Mini Hosta
(Hosta )
Characteristics & Attributes
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Season of Interest (Flowering)
Season of Interest (Foliage)