General Culture:

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in part shade. Prefers consistently moist, organically rich soils in shady areas. Intolerant of dry soils. Foliage may scorch in hot summer sun. Plants prefer cool summers, and generally will not perform well in the hot and humid summer conditions of the deep South. Clumps slowly spread by creeping rhizomes to form thick ground covers.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

Siberian bugloss is a rhizomatous, clump-forming perennial that is primarily grown for its attractive basal foliage. ‘Looking Glass’ is noted for its silvery, heart-shaped basal leaves (3-5” wide). It is a sport of Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ (PP13,859 – see M800 herein). ‘Looking Glass’ is distinguished from ‘Jack Frost’ by having more silvery leaves with much less green veining. Although its leaves emerge in spring with some green veining, they lose that veining as they mature. The basal leaves (sometimes with curling edges) form a hosta-like foliage mound that remains attractive throughout the growing season. Smaller stem leaves are elliptic. Tiny, forget-me-not-like flowers (light blue with yellow centers) in airy, branched paniculate cymes rise well above the foliage on slender stems to 15” tall in spring. Bugloss comes from Greek meaning ox tongue in probably reference to the roughness and shape of the leaves. Species is synonymous with and sometimes sold as Anchusa myosotidiflora. U. S. Plant Patent PP17,829 was issued on June 26, 2007.