Breathe the Beauty of Lungwort

Pulmonaria Officinalis or lungwort is a spring delight, food, tea and cough tonic.

Lungwort in the sun being shaded by a day lily. Image by Katie Michaelson.

I first met the lungwort plant when walking through the edges of a neighbor's farm, admiring plants. There was a stand of black walnut trees. Covering the ground were lance-shaped leaves speckled or blotched with white. Nodding among these crisp healthy leaves were charming…