trefle.io · Taken Jan 3, 2022 by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Lamiaceae
White dead-nettle
Lamium album
Also known as Blind nettle, Lamium vulgatum, White archangel, Bee nettle
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Dead-Nettle · Groundcover · Shade · White-Flowers · Medicinal · Pollinator · Hardy · Self-Seeding
White dead-nettle is an excellent shade perennial that produces attractive white flowers and spreads as a reliable groundcover. It tolerates poor soils and requires minimal watering once established. This hardy plant self-seeds readily and can be divided in spring or fall.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water when soil surface feels dry to touch · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 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
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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