Dead Nettle
| Botanical Name: | Lamium maculatum Cultivars |
| Category: | Shade Perennials |
| Height: | 2-4" |
| Spread: | 18" to 24" + |
| Exposure: | Light to Part Shade |
| Care: | Cut to ground in late fall or spring |
| Deer Resistant: | Y |
| Description: | There are many different varieties of Lamium available. The differences are the leaf variegation and size, and the flower color (mostly white or shades of pink). Lamium can be stunning in the spring, but may to look a little tired in the heat of the summer, especially in areas of poor drainage. Lamium prefers a semi-shady dry area with well-drained soil. It is best to cut this plant back after the first bloom to promote compact growth and prevent the summer doldrums. |
List of Shade Perennials
Autumn Fern
Bishop's Hat, Barrenwort, Epimedium
Bowle's Golden Sedge
Brunnera, False Forget-me-not, Siberian Bugloss
Cinnamon Fern
Coral Bells
Dead Nettle
Evergold Sedge
Fanal Astilbe, Fanal False Spirea
Ferns
Fire and Ice Hosta, Fire and Ice Plantain Lily
Frances Williams Hosta, Frances Williams Plantain Lily
Great Expectations Hosta, Great Expectations Plantain Lily
Green Spice Coral Bells
Hardy Begonia
Heartleaf Bergenia, Pigsqueak
Hostas, Plantain Lilies
Japanese Beech Fern
Lady's Mantle
Lenten Rose
Lungwort
Luxuriant Bleeding Heart, Fringed Bleeding Heart
Maidenhair Fern
Mourning Widow Cranesbill Geranium
Obsidian Coral Bells
Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart
Ostrich Fern
Patriot Hosta, Patriot Plantain Lily
Paul's Glory Hosta, Paul's Glory Plantain Lily
Peach Blossom Astilbe, Peach Blossom False Spirea
Rheinland Astilbe, Rheinland False Spirea
Robb's Wood Spurge
Splendid Chinese Wild Ginger
Stormy Seas Coral Bells
Sweet Woodruff
Variegated Solomon's Seal
Virginia Bluebells