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Focus on… Pulmonarias

There are some perennials that every garden should have, and pulmonarias are one of them. These resilient small plants have attractive foliage and produce bee-friendly flowers in a choice of pretty colours.

Related to forget-me-nots (but more permanent) and comfrey (but less invasive), pulmonarias are tough, semi-evergreen,

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