Dead-nettles
Botanical name: Lamium
Dead-nettles
Botanical name: Lamium
Description
Dead-nettles are a group of flowering plants native to the Old World. Among the genus are several species that are utilized as groundcover. They are hardy generalists with handsome leaves and colorful flowers and are well-suited to this purpose. However, they are most well-known as successful weeds often found in crop fields throughout the world. Dead-nettles' colonizing tendencies have made them pesky invasives in many regions.
Species of Dead-nettles
Yellow archangel 'Hermann's Pride'
Yellow archangel 'Hermann's Pride' has variegated leaves that are silver with green veins. It has small, butter-yellow flowers and blooms in the early summer. This cultivar is commonly used in gardens due to its less aggressive nature as compared to its parent plant, Lamium galeobdolon.
Spotted dead nettle 'Chequers'
Spotted dead nettle 'Chequers' features more abundant blooms of purple flowers than its parent spotted dead nettle. This hybrid is named Spotted dead nettle 'Chequers' after Chequers Court, a famous country house in England. It is an attractive perennial that is popular as garden ground cover.
Spotted dead nettle 'Elisabeth de Haas'
Spotted dead nettle 'Elisabeth de Haas' is named for Elizabeth de Haas, a Dutch arts patron who settled in the UK and founded the Emery Walker Trust. This attractive Spotted dead nettle cultivar is distinctive for its gorgeous foliage which is silver-green variegated with gold and has a silver stripe that runs down the middle of each leaf. It has the mauve snapdragon-shaped flowers of its parent but grows them in greater density in between rows of spines and leaves. This free-growing plant needs little care and is a good low-maintenance garden performer.
Lamium album subsp. barbatum
Lamium album subsp. barbatum is one of the two subspecies of White dead nettle (Lamium album). In Japan, where this variety primarily occurs, this plant is called Odoriko-so which means "dancers plant"; it was named so because it is shaped like a flower that resembles a dancer with a straw hat.
Purple dead-nettle
Purple dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) is an herbaceous annual weed, commonly found in meadows, wastes, gardens, and at the edges of roads and woodlands. Though it appears similar to true nettles, purple dead-nettle gets its name because it does not have "live" nettle poison that harms the skin. It originated in Asia and prefers environments with full sun.
Spotted dead nettle 'Beacon Silver'
Spotted dead nettle 'Beacon Silver' is a Spotted dead nettle cultivar with purple-pink flowers and showy, heart-shaped silvery leaves with dark green edges. Thanks to its spreading growth habit and the color combination of flowers and leaves, spotted dead nettle 'Beacon Silver' makes a popular groundcover.
Purple deadnettle
Lamium purpureum var. purpureum grows with square stems to 5 to 20 cm (rarely 30 cm) in height. The leaves have fine hairs, are green at the bottom and shade to purplish at the top; they are 2 to 4 cm long and broad, with a 1 to 2 cm petiole (leaf stalk), and wavy to serrated margins. The zygomorphic flowers are bright red-purple, with a top hood-like petal, two lower lip petal lobes and minute fang-like lobes between. The corolla shows a line of hairs near the base of the tube.
Cut-leaved dead-nettle
Cut-leaved dead-nettle is an annual herb that flourishes in well-drained fertile soils. Cut-leaved dead-nettle is often mistaken for Red Dead-Nettle, with the crucial difference being the former's deeply toothed leaves. These deeper-cut teeth give rise to its common name—cut-leaved.
White deadnettle
White deadnettle (Lamium album) earns its common name from the fact that it superficially resembles the stinging nettle, but does not sting. The young greens are edible and have many culinary uses. In spring, white deadnettle produces small white flowers that are very attractive to pollinators, particularly bumblebees.
Spotted dead nettle 'Red Nancy'
Spotted dead nettle 'Red Nancy' is distinct for its foliage, which is silvery green with darker green margins, and its deep pink flowers. A cultivar of Lamium maculatum, its name refers to its color and to the family of ‘Nancy’ cultivars to which it belongs. This plant tolerates drought and makes excellent ground cover in shady areas.
Spotted dead nettle 'White Nancy'
Spotted dead nettle 'White Nancy', a cultivar of Spotted dead nettle, is prized among gardeners for its showy, heart-shaped, silvery-white leaves and small white flowers. The silvery leaves with dark green edges are the most distinguishing characteristic of spotted dead nettle 'White Nancy'. The cultivar is more compact and smaller in size than its parent plant, and it is therefore commonly used as groundcover.
Spotted dead nettle 'Pink Pewter'
Spotted dead nettle 'Pink Pewter' is so named because of the delicate pink color of its abundant late-spring flowers. The parent plant features darker violet-colored flowers that grow in far less profusion. This is a very simple to grow plant since it is highly resistant to pests and disease. It is a popular edging plant and also used for ground cover or to plant under shrubs.
Spotted dead nettle 'Purple Dragon'
Spotted dead nettle 'Purple Dragon' is distinct for its large, bright, magenta flowers. A cultivar of Lamium maculatum, it gets its name from the unusual coloring and size of its blossoms, which are larger than those of other cultivars. Gardeners appreciate its suitability as ground cover in semi-shaded areas as well as its tolerance for drought.
Yellow archangel
Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolon) is a wildflower native to Europe. Yellow archangel is considered invasive in certain areas because it spreads rapidly. It is banned for sale in Washington state because it is considered a noxious weed in that region.
Spotted Dead Nettles
Spotted Dead Nettles is most often known as a ground cover plant that does well in the shade. It has a habit of growing low to the ground in cold seasons and tall if conditions are warm. Although its name sounds sinister, the spotted Dead Nettles does not sting or burn like other nettles - hence the term ‘dead’ nettle. One cultivar of the species produces yellow leaves rather than the characteristic green-and-silver ones.
Henbit deadnettle
Henbit deadnettle is a very important part of the North American and Eurasian ecosystems, as it is utilized by bees and other pollinators as a source of nectar. Additionally, the seeds are favored by birds and the leaves, stems, and flowers are edible to humans either raw or cooked.
Balm-leaved archangel
Lamium orvala, known as balm-leaved archangel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to central eastern Europe (Austria, Italy, Hungary, Former Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Moldova).
Balm-leaved archangel 'Album'
Balm-leaved archangel 'Album' are a group of flowering plants native to the Old World. Among the genus are several species that are utilized as groundcover. They are hardy generalists with handsome leaves and colorful flowers and are well-suited to this purpose. However, they are most well-known as successful weeds often found in crop fields throughout the world. Balm-leaved archangel 'Album'' colonizing tendencies have made them pesky invasives in many regions.
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