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Lamium
Also called Dead Nettle, Dead Nettles, Deadnettles And Archangels, Deadnettles
Lamium, or deadnettles, is a genus of about 30 low-growing herbaceous species in the mint family, widely grown as groundcover. They are easy, hardy and spread readily, so give them room or contain them.
Lamium (dead-nettles) is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which it is the type genus. They are all herbaceous plants native to Eurasia and northern Africa, with several widely naturalised across much of the temperate world.
Lamium species are widely cultivated as groundcover, and numerous cultivars have been selected for garden use. They are frost hardy and grow well in most soils. Flower colour determines planting season and light requirement: white- and purple-coloured flowered species are planted in spring and prefer full sun. The yellow-flowered ones are planted in fall (autumn) and prefer shade. They often have invasive habits and need plenty of room.
The species are native to Europe, Asia. and northern Africa, but several have become very successful weeds of crop fields and are now widely naturalised across much of the temperate world.
Henbit deadnettle · Yellow Archangel · Spotted Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
