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Perennial - Shade/Part Shade - groundcover
Height 9″ - 12″ Spacing 9″ - 12″
USES: Groundcover, containers.
Lamium
LAMIUM Lamium maculatum ‘Variegatum’ (LAM-ee-um mac-you-LAY-tum)
Perennial - Shade/Part Shade - groundcover
Height 9″ - 12″ Spacing 9″ - 12″
HABIT: Low-growing, silvery-leafed groundcover, spreads easily. Flowers purple, red, or white in summer.
CULTURE: Easy, any well-drained soil. Moderate water and fertilizer. Needs afternoon shade. Does best in moist soil. Zones 4 - 8.
USES: Groundcover, containers.
PROBLEMS: Fairly carefree.
NOTES: Also called spotted dead nettle. ‘White Nancy’ is a nice white cultivar. Several other improved cultivars exist. Mow or clip down to 3”
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