
Deadnettle
- Botanical Name
- Lamium maculatum
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 8
- Height
- 6 to 12 inches
- Width
- Spreading
- Flowers
- Late spring to mid summer: pink, white, mauve
- Light
- Part to full shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, cool
- Planting & Care
- When used as a ground cover, space plants 6-10" apart for quick cover
- Does best in cool soils with good drainage
- Leaf scorch or bare patches may occur where soils are too dry or plants are exposed to summer sun and heat
- Divide plants in spring or fall
- Take cuttings anytime during the growing season
- Problems
- Crown rot in poorly drained and wet soils, leaf scorch in sull sun or heat and humidity of summer
- Varieties
- Beacon Silver - silver leaves with narrow green borders, pink flowers
- White Nancy - silvery-white leaves, white flowers
- Pink Chablis - pink flowers
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