What is a Brunnera plant?

What Is a Brunnera Plant? A brunnera plant (belonging to the Brunnera genus in the Boraginaceae family) is also called a false forget-me-not due to its flowers resembling the blue flower color of a true forget-me-not. The plant has petite, light blue blooms and glossy, heart-shaped leaves that are either green, gray, silver, or white.

How to plant and care for Brunnera macrophylla?

Brunnera, especially the ones with variegated leaves, are sensitive to sun and may burn. Now that you’ve learned how to plant brunnera and a little about plant care for Brunnera macrophylla, try it in the shady garden or use it to help naturalize a wooded area.

What does a bugloss Brunnera look like?

Brunnera plants have leaves that are glossy green or in variegated hues of gray, silver, or white, such as the popular cultivar ‘Jack Frost’. Brunnera Siberian bugloss blooms in early to mid spring.

Is Brunnera deer resistant?

One of Brunner’s common names, bugloss, is derived from the Greek words for “ox” and “tongue”, as the leaves are thought to resemble an ox tongue. Whether or not that is true, it is true that Brunnera plants are deer resistant. It’s easier to see how it got its other common name, False Forget-Me-Not.