''Brunnera'' is a

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of flowering plants in the family

Boraginaceae Boraginaceae, the Borago, borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in 146 to 154 genus, genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single famil ...

. They are

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perennials In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...

native Native may refer to: People * '' Jus sanguinis'', nationality by blood * '' Jus soli'', nationality by location of birth * Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory ** Nat ...

to the woodlands of Eastern Europe and North West Asia. They have hairy leaves and sprays of blue flowers in spring. Numerous

cultivars A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue cult ...

are available, which are valued as groundcover in dappled shade. Some possess

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foliage. The best known

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is ''

Brunnera macrophylla ''Brunnera macrophylla'', the Siberian bugloss, great forget-me-not, largeleaf brunnera or heartleaf, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the Caucasus. It is a hardy, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, that can r ...

'', known as Siberian bugloss. It thrives in shade but also likes morning sunshine as long as it is in consistently moist, rich, organic soil. It does not tolerate dry conditions. It is often used in

woodland gardens A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the ''plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlig ...

along streams of ponds and in naturalized areas as a specimen plant or clumped together as a border. Clumps slowly spread by creeping rhizomes to form thick ground covers. File:Brunnera macrophylla 01.JPG, Siberian bugloss in Botanical Garden of

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File:Brunnera_macrophylla_-_Floraison.jpg, Siberian Bugloss

Jardin des Plantes The Jardin des Plantes (, ), also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris () when distinguished from other ''jardins des plantes'' in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. Jardin des Plantes is the official name in the present da ...

, Paris, France in April File:Brunnera_macrophylla_cv.02.jpg, Siberian bugloss in Botanical Garden of

"Bugloss comes from Greek meaning ox tongue in probably reference to the roughness and shape of the leaves." It is a herbaceous perennial that grows in a Zone 3 to 8. In 2012 ''Brunnera macrophylla'' 'Jack Frost' was named perennial plant of the year by the

Perennial Plant Association In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...

(PPA). Based on the (USDA)

Hardiness zone A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most widely ...

it is hardy in zones 3 to 8.

Species

Accepted species:

References

Boraginoideae Boraginaceae genera {{boraginoideae-stub