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Lamiaceae
Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum
Also known as Spotted dead nettle, Spotted lamium, Variegated dead nettle, Lamium maculatum var. rhombifolium
Native Plants · Lamium · Ground Cover · Shade Tolerant · Variegated Foliage · Pink Flowers · Pollinator · Perennial · Woodland Garden · Low Maintenance · Spotted Deadnettle
Spotted henbit is a versatile, low-growing perennial ground cover with attractive silver-marked leaves and pink-purple flowers that bloom from spring through autumn. It performs best in partial shade with consistently moist soil, making it ideal for woodland gardens, shaded borders, or as a weed-suppressing ground cover under trees. Trim back in early spring to refresh the plant and encourage vigorous new growth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water evenly to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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