Brunnera macrophylla ‘Sterling Silver’ PP31,280
Blooming Time
Exposure
`Sterling Silver’ was selected for its shimmering silver leaves with rich green veins that remain vibrant all season. Broad and heart shaped they grow to 8-inches wide, providing an effective blanket of color in the shaded landscape and complementing sprays of baby blue, forget-me-not flowers from mid to late spring. `Sterling Silver’ is an effective small to medium-scale groundcover and lovely companion.
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
Shimmering silver leaves with rich green veins. Leaves are broad and heart shaped growing up to 8-inches wide. Sprays of baby blue, forget-me-not flowers.
Landscape Value
`Sterling Silver' is an effective small to medium-scale groundcover
Care
Watering:
'Sterling Silver' 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:
'Sterling Silver' 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:
'Sterling Silver' 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.