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Spotted deadnettle ground cover prefers moist soil but can perform well in a dry area. However, the plant will die back in hot summer heat when there is not enough moisture provided. Moist soils must be well-drained to promote the best growth.
- How do you take care of spotted dead nettles?
- How do you plant spotted dead nettles?
- Is Spotted dead nettle invasive?
- How do you prune a spotted dead nettle?
- Does dead nettle bloom all summer?
- Why is my Lamium dying?
- Is Spotted dead nettle poisonous to dogs?
- Is Spotted dead nettle a perennial?
- What are dead nettles good for?
- Can dead nettle be transplanted?
- Do rabbits eat dead nettle?
How do you take care of spotted dead nettles?
Keep It Alive
- Grow the quick-growing ground cover in moist but well-drained soil in partial or full shade. ...
- Dead nettles are hardy perennials in USDA growing zones 4 to 10.
- Prune or shear lamium back after the first bloom to promote compact growth.
- Slugs, snails, mildew, and leaf spot are common.
How do you plant spotted dead nettles?
Spotted deadnettle grows best in part shade — especially the silver types. Lamium maculatum grows best in part shade (especially for silver types which often need more light to maintain their color) or shade in moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil, but in our climate will even grow in full sun.
Is Spotted dead nettle invasive?
Lamium maculatum (Spotted Dead Nettle) is listed in the Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States. ... Invasive species compete directly with native species for moisture, sunlight, nutrients, and space.
How do you prune a spotted dead nettle?
You can simply pluck the faded blooms with your fingers or cut the stem with a pair of bypass pruners. This type of pruning isn't necessary, but it gives flowerbeds a neater appearance when dead blossoms aren't left to fall on the ground.
Does dead nettle bloom all summer?
Spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum) grows as a spreading mat of herbaceous stems and leaves. The small leaves are speckled with spots, which earns the plant its name. ... The plant blooms in late spring from May to June and produces flowers in lavender, pink, purple, and white.
Why is my Lamium dying?
Lamium struggles to grow well in compacted or poorly drained soils. Unsightly bare patches (often called melting out) may appear in the heat of the summer, particularly in heat or humidity. Leaf scorch may also occur, especially if soils are allowed to dry out or if plants are grown in too much sun.
Is Spotted dead nettle poisonous to dogs?
Plants Poisonous to Dogs with Mild Effects
Ivy, poinsettia, tansy, nettle, wisteria (seeds/pods), and iris can all result in mild to severe digestive upset. Buttercups (Ranunculus) contain juices that can severely irritate or even damage a dog's digestive system.
Is Spotted dead nettle a perennial?
Spotted dead nettles are valued as perennial ground covers for the shade that will spread and fill in a patch of ground that might otherwise remain bare (except for weeds). In warm regions and/or in sheltered areas of your yard, they may be evergreen.
What are dead nettles good for?
Purple dead nettle also has medicinal benefits. It is known in the herbal world as being astringent, diuretic, diaphoretic and purgative. It's also anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. The leaves can be used on external wounds or cuts, or as a poultice, similar to how you would use yarrow or plantain.
Can dead nettle be transplanted?
Transplanting: These plants transplant well, and you can do it any time of the season, though of course, spring and fall are the best. Just dig up a section of them, put in a container like a plastic bag or bucket and plant in the prepared soil at home.
Do rabbits eat dead nettle?
Dead Nettle
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is fine for rabbits to eat – they don't seem to notice the sting. ... Stinging nettles have tiny sprays of whitish green flowers that don't look much like flowers at all, where as dead nettles have larger white or purple flowers arranged around the stem.
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