Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’
Blooming Time
Exposure
Selected at Walters Gardens as a sport of the cultivar `Langtrees’, `Jack Frost’ is an award winner with large silver frosted foliage and attractive green veins. `Jack Frost’ blooms during spring with wispy forget-me-not blue flowers and serves to brighten up the shade garden. It is a refined yet surprisingly quick-to-mature specimen plant and serves well as an edging or companion. 2012 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Blue to Blue Gray
Growth Habit:
Slow Spreading
Max Height:
15"
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
Wispy forget-me-not blue flowers borne during spring above amazing silver frosted foliage.
Landscape Value
Great as a small to moderate scale ground cover as well as for edging, companion, specimen, or accent planting.
Care
Watering:
'Jack Frost' Brunnera is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
'Jack Frost' Brunnera is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
'Jack Frost' Brunnera should be enjoyed all winter long, then, during early April before it begins to grow again, it should be pruned or mowed back to ground level.