Plants For Dry Shade. One feature northern zone gardeners will love about lungwort is that it tolerates the cold. Plants here compete for moisture with the trees and soils tend to be droughty.
Big root geranium is one of the best and forms a carpet of rhizomes and prettily cut leaves. Robbiae will do well too. Plantain lilies Hosta spp are notable for having quite a bit of mass and being hardy most to zone 3.
The plant gets its name from its lung-shape structure.
Areas such as this are difficult to successfully grow perennials. Foliage makes good edging plant. It is susceptible to certain pests and diseases so watch for leaf spots and small bugs. Lilyturf Liriope spicata looks like a grass and one of its common names is border grass but it is.
