Brunnera macrophylla ‘Looking Glass’

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Looking Glass’

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Brunnera macrophylla ‘Looking Glass’. The heart shaped leaves create a handsome silver clump. Very similar to Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ but the leaves are even more heavily silvered without as much contrast from the veins. The sky-blue forget-me-nots are held aloft on stems similarly decorated with smaller heart shaped silver leaves with a broad green blotch where the veins coalesce. 50cm

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Brunnera macrophylla ‘Looking Glass’

The heart shaped leaves create a handsome silver clump. Very similar to Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ but the leaves are even more heavily silvered without as much contrast from the veins. The sky-blue forget-me-nots are held aloft on stems similarly decorated with smaller heart shaped silver leaves with a broad green blotch where the veins coalesce. 50cm

Brunnera was first discovered growing in woodland in the Caucasus in 1800 and named in Honour of the Swedish Botanist Samuel Brunner (190-1844). Like so many members of the Borage family, the whole plant is roughly hairy. Though not usually seen

Siberian Bugloss – Brunnera

Brunnera was first discovered growing in woodland in the Caucasus in 1800 and named in Honour of the Swedish Botanist Samuel Brunner (190-1844). Like so many members of the Borage family, the whole plant is roughly hairy. You would not usually consider this an edible plant, but we did own a Border Collie who was often seen chewing the leaves of a particularly prominent Brunnera ‘Dawson’s White’.

Brunnera is especially useful for growing in partial or full shade where it provides excellent ground cover. The large heart shaped leaves are very decorative, particularly in the variegated and silvered forms. The cloud of small blue forget-me-nots are delightful in spring. They are on the whole fairly undemanding in their needs, but grow at their very best in a moist leafy soil. They are tolerant of heavy clay soils. Whilst they are definitely cool growers for preference, they also grow in full sun if ample moisture is always available.

The variegated forms can be apt to scorch in sun or wind. It is also a good idea to avoid disturbance to the roots of variegated varieties as this can sometimes encourage green shoots to be thrown.

Naming

Brunnera macrophylla (Anchusa myosotidiflra) Siberian Bugloss.  Caucasus, Siberia

Brunnera is a relative of, and not a true forget-me-not. The true Forget-me-nots are classified in the Genus Myosotis, also in the Boraginaceae.

The Forget-me-nots gained their name from the final gesture of a dying knight. The knight was about to part for battle when he was asked by his true love to gather some blue flowers from beside a lake. He gathered the flowers, but tripped and fell into the water. As he tossed the bunch towards her he bid her to ‘forget-me-not’ before he slipped beneath the surface and drowned.

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