To start from seed, place lamium seeds in a plastic baggy with a spoonful of slightly. Clusters of purplishpink flowers appear in spring, then continue off and on until fall. Spotted dead nettle beacon silver lamium beacon silver. Lamium makes an excellent, weedsmothering groundcover and is also a good mask for dying bulb foliage. Their bright variegated foliage and pink or white flowers make them excellent smallscale ground covers.
This ground cover lends beautiful cover under our old holly tree at fordhook farm. The leaves are white edged with a thin line of green. Lamium deadnettle deer resistant ground cover for shade. This classic selection forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a narrow green edge. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants. The silver leaves are a wonderful foil to hardy geraniums and begonias which grow taller and the pinky purple flowers are very pretty. Unlike nettles, it does not sting nor irritate the skin hence the reason for the name dead and it is generally more recognized as a groundcover in gardens than a wild edible. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. With such fantastic coloring, this groundcover is breathtaking even when not in bloom. Apr 29, 2012 beacon silver lamium perennial ground cover for the shade. Lamium vigorous without being invasive, lamium produce dainty snapdragonlike flowers in colors from white, to pink to purple.
A matforming perennial that spreads quickly by rooting. Forms a lovely mat of silverandgreen foliage, topped with purple flowers in midspring. Its especially useful for growing beneath trees and shrubs. Attractive twotoned foliage provides interest even when the flowers are not in bloom. Sizeable, dense terminal spikes of rich purple flowers seem to jump right out of the bright silvery foliage of purple dragon pp15890. Lamium maculatum album clusters of hooded, white flowers from may to july held just above the mat of green, silver splashed leaves. Its easy to purchase a premixed blend, but you can also create your own mixes, using the following recipes as a guide. Perfect for keeping out weeds and highlighting shady corners, the silvery leaves are tidy and pestfree. Lamium prefers a semishady area with welldrained soil but can tolerate a wide range of. Lamium maculatum, commonly called spotted deadnettle, is native to europe and north africa to west asia.
Clusters of large, purple flowers rise above leaves that are more silver than green. Lamium maculatum beacon silver spotted dead nettle. They are lowly in stature and most gardeners do not get very excited about them some even consider them little more than weeds. It is a member of the mint family and spreads by rhizomes and stolons. Beacon silver lamium additional garden plants stark bros. Dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon silver from perennial farm. Even though this plant is a shade lover, it grows in all. Beacon silver is the purplepink variety with whiter leaves. We aim to enrich everyones life through plants, and make the uk a greener and more. To start from seed, place lamium seeds in a plastic baggy with a spoonful of slightly moist potting soil.
To support our efforts please browse our store books with medicinal info, etc. Choose from cultivars with green and white striped or silver leaves and white, purple or pink flowers. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about lamium, spotted dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon silver supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves gard. Silverhill seeds and books, suite 18, bergvliet, 7864 cape town, south africa telephone. This is a distinctively variegated selection of spotted deadnettle, a superb herbaceous perennial groundcover native from north africa through europe to western asia. They can be grown in either a sunny or partially shaded part of the garden that has.
Silver beacon lamium the silver beacon leaves are a silver heart ringed with green trim. Of the spotted dead nettles under trial, four varieties had green leaves with a silver stripe in the midrib. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined. This classylooking selection forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a narrow green edge. The plant spreads quickly and within a year, four or five plants can fill in a space of 40 square feet or more. With variegated leaves that shine in shade and a long bloom time, lamium maculatum is an eyecatching plant throughout the year. A comparative study of ground cover lamium chicago botanic. Lamium maculatum beacon silver deadnettle silver leaves with green.
Delicate silver leaves, narrowly edged in green give this lamium an ethereal quality. This popular variety has silvery leaves with narrow, green margins which provide a lovely backdrop for the lavendertopink, hooded flowers produced from midspring to early summer. However, theres at least one group of plants able to. The strange name aside, these short plants610 high, when well grown, can add glistening sheets of color to shady areas were color may be missing. It is a matforming perennial ground cover that typically grows 58 tall but spreads indefinitely over time by sprawling stems which root in the ground as they go.
A sturdy, fast growing ground cover for shade and semishade areas, it tolerates a wide range of soils and moisture levels. The poems in this book, done in a creative acrostic format, show us the world of nature in a different light. Spotted dead nettles green leaves have a bluesilver mottling in the centre of each leaf. I am establishing a bed of lamium, all different varieties directly under and. Synonyms lamium maculatum silbergroschen family lamiaceae genus lamium can be annuals or, more usually, perennials, with coarsely toothed ovate leaves and 2lipped, tubular flowers borne in whorls forming a short spike. Spotted deadnettle, lamium maculatum master gardener program. They have been wonderful, spread to about 80cms in a few weeks and have flowered all winter. Spotted dead nettle lamium maculatum is wild, edible and nutritious food. How to grow dead nettle and other lamium plant species. Lamium, or spotted dead nettle, is a fastgrowing perennial used as a ground cover or accent plant. Lamium maculatum purple dragon pp15890 common name is spotted dead nettle deerresistant selfcleaning, no deadheading necessary. A beautiful groundcover plant that will light up the base of deciduous or even evergreen shrubs and trees. Perennial lamium, or spotted dead nettle, takes its role as ground cover seriously.
Find beacon silver spotted dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon silver in. Look no further than spotted deadnettle for a tough but showy groundcover. They form dense 1224 tall clumps of deciduous, silver and green checkered foliage. Deadhead regularly to encourage continued blooming. Forms a lovely mat of silver andgreen foliage, topped with purple flowers in midspring. Lamium maculatum also known as spotted deadnettle, spotted henbit and purple dragon is a species of flowering plant in the family lamiaceae, native throughout europe and temperate asia lebanon, syria, turkey, western china. May 18, 2014 lamium maculatum is the most commonly seen species and the wild plant has pinkish blooms and leaves with a silver stripe through the centre. Beacon silver lamium4 potted plantspotted dead nettle. Steve johnson and lou fanchers glowing illustrations will give readers a new appreciation for the wonders of nature. Lamium maculatum is a prostrate, spreading herbaceous perennial.
Clusters of brightpink flowers appear in spring, then continue off and on. Spring to summer plenty of pink flowers will open in clusters over the foliage. In summer it produces vibrant spikes of bright red, purple or pink flowers. Most of the 40odd species lamium are rampantgrowing plants from asia and europe.
Details beacon silver is an evergreen, matforming perennial to about 20cm, with silver leaves narrowly edged with green, and pink flowers in summer characteristics foliage evergreen. Silver seeds tossed in the air and planted in the sky, reaching out of the darkness, sprouting wonder. Brightens shady areas in hotter climates or good for full sun elsewhere. Whorls of hooded, pink flowers are borne in the summer. Lamium plant growing guide how to grow dead nettle.
Colorful leaves and tolerance of ordinary soil make this a popular ground cover for shade. New garden plants is your convenient online garden plants center. Lamium maculatum beacon silver hooded, pink flowers in may and june held just above a mat of silver grey leaves that have a pale purplish tinge. Learn more about this adaptable, lowgrowing perennial in this article. All tolerate poor soils and a range of light conditions. White nancy deadnettle lamium maculatum white nancy. Pink pewter has prolific pink flowers and silver variegated leaves, while white. Lamium maculatum beacon silver spotted deadnettle beacon. They are lowly in stature and most gardeners do not get very. Plants will be in seasonal condition with appropriate foliage. Beacon silver lamium perennial ground cover for the shade.
It is easy to take some plants for granted and lamiums fit neatly into this category. This species is very variable in terms of leaf size and shape, hairiness and flower colours. A frost hardy, low growing, mat forming perennial that thrives under trees creating an attractive carpet of green and silver splashed, triangular foliage. Trail from mixed perennial containers or edge perennial borders. White nancy deadnettle lamium maculatum white nancy high.
The lamiums are called by the somewhat alarming name, dead nettle, but that means only this amazing little plant is related to stinging nettle a rough weed and doesnt sting. Lamium maculatum beacon silver silverywhite leaves with green edges form a lush groundcover atop which appear small pale pink flowers. See more ideas about plants, shade garden and shade plants. Beacon silver dead nettle monrovia beacon silver dead. Deadnettles, how to grow and care for lamium plants garden. It is amazing how this plant can light up a dark area of the garden with its variegated foliage. Deerresistant selfcleaning, no deadheading necessary. Lamium is one of the best choices for a tough yet showy perennial groundcover.
My beacon silver is starting its fifth year and it is currently bullying a. Apply a balanced fertilizer monthly while your lamium is actively growing. Lamium beacon silver is a low maintenance plant that grows to form handsome clumps at a moderate rate. Beacon silver also give you pretty purple flowers add a bonus touch of elegance. It quickly forms a silvery carpet of foliage with whorls of longlasting, nettlelike, magenta flowers in late spring and early summer. Gardenality is a gardeningcentric site made by gardeners for gardeners with tools that enhance any gardening for the expert to the weekend gardener. It is not surprising that such a common plant had produced a fair number of variations and there are about 50 cultivars listed. These plants grow very fast and have beautiful flowers, and it grows in shade or. Lamium maculatum beacon silver bbc gardeners world. The royal horticultural society is the uks leading gardening charity. Identify spotted dead nettle via its pictures, habitat, height, flowers and leaves. An exquisite blend of chartreuse, silver, mediumgreen, and mint green embellishes the foliage of l.
Common name is spotted dead nettle deerresistant selfcleaning, no deadheading necessary. The time that you sow the seeds of lamium is dependent upon the species that you are growing. Dead nettles grow in shady places where many other flowers will not. Garden guides and san francisco gate, as well as several e books. Lamium, spotted dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon silver. Deadnettles, how to grow and care for lamium plants. Plant profile for lamium maculatum red nancy creeping. Yellow archangel plants, lamium galeobdolon are hardy in usda zones 610. An excellent, evergreen ground cover with silver, heart shaped leaves bordered in mid to deep green. Lamium maculatum beacon silver the biking gardener.
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