I want to plant lamium in a narrow 28x3 bed along the side of my house which will include. Lamium maculatum beacon silver beacon silver lamium maculatum beacon silver. The silver leaves are a wonderful foil to hardy geraniums and begonias which grow taller and the pinky purple flowers are very pretty. They are mostly grown for their foliage, which can be mottled, frosted, or attractively marked. Its especially useful for growing beneath trees and shrubs. Lamium maculatum beacon silver bbc gardeners world.
Plant it in the front of the border or use as a landscaping groundcover. Find beacon silver spotted dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon silver in. It is amazing how this plant can light up a dark area of the garden with its variegated foliage. Stunning silvery leaves with narrow green margins make this an eyecatching groundcover even when not in bloom. Lamium makes an excellent, weedsmothering groundcover and is also a good mask for dying bulb foliage. Tips on growing lamium deadnettle lamium is a vigorous spreading groundcover, native to the old world. Home plants perennials other perennials lamium maculatum beacon silver. Place your order today and we guarantee 100% satisfaction. Perfect for keeping out weeds and highlighting shady corners, the silvery leaves are tidy and pestfree. Perennial lamium, or spotted dead nettle, takes its role as ground cover seriously. Growing requirements for lamium plants with the exception of l. They have been wonderful, spread to about 80cms in a few weeks and have flowered all winter.
Short upright stalks carry hooded pink flowers throughout summer. Beacon silver contact us about ball seed careers tags, label. The small triangular leaves are mostly silver with a bright green edge. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. With a long bloom period and colorful foliage, spotted dead nettle. In very deep shade and poor soil, i dont find that either the beacon silver or the old.
We provide creative gardeners with lamium, deadnettle and the highest quality perennials for the confidence they need to succeed. Delicate silver leaves, narrowly edged in green give this lamium an ethereal quality. This classic selection forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a narrow green edge. Our plant spacing recommendations are based on how quickly these. W hen there is an area of dry shade in the yard, that can be a challenge. Over 75 choices that will bloom in the second year and for years to come. Trailing, mounded variety has silver leaves with green margins, and pinkishpurple flowers at the end of the stems all summer.
This easycare, matforming ground cover provides pops of purple blooms from midspring to early summer. Lamium maculatum beacon silver spotted dead nettle is a semievergreen, matforming perennial noted for its foliage of heartshaped, silverygray leaves adorned with narrow green edges. This means each poem has letters in a line that spell out a particular word. Plants will be in seasonal condition with appropriate foliage.
Lamium is an absolutely delightful shade loving groundcover with variegated heart shaped leaves and cheerfully colored flowers. Lamium galeobdolon hermann s pride yellow dead nettle flowers from april to july. Lamium maculatum beacon silver is a shadeloving perennial, highly valued for its drought tolerance and ability to form a bright carpet of silver foliage, with rich pink blooms in spring and summer. Dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon silver from perennial farm. The leaves are white edged with a thin line of green. However, theres at least one group of plants able to. Among the popular silver leaved forms are beacon silver, pink pewter, white nancy, red nancy and orchid frost spotted dead nettle also comes in goldenleaved forms. Let us connect you with a ball seed sales rep call 800 879ball. Lamium, deadnettle available now at american meadows. The little black seeds were in danger of dropping into the garden under the window. Silverywhite leaves with green edges form a lush groundcover atop which appear small pale pink flowers. This ground cover lends beautiful cover under our old holly tree at fordhook farm. Deadnettle thrives in a wide range of soils including clay.
Dead nettles grow in shady places where many other flowers will not. Garden guides and san francisco gate, as well as several e books. A sturdy, fast growing ground cover for shade and semishade areas, it tolerates a wide range of soils and moisture levels. Choose lamium groundcover to add pretty purple and pink color to your yard. They are lowly in stature and most gardeners do not get very excited about them some even consider them little more than weeds. Trail from mixed perennial containers or edge perennial borders. Grows in sun or partial shade in a welldrained soil. The genus lamium is comprised of several dozen species of annuals and perennials from europe to asia, and the mediterranean and north africa.
Water thoroughly but allow soil to dry slightly between waterings. Lamium maculatum is a prostrate, spreading herbaceous perennial. Spotted dead nettle white nancy produces milky white clusters of small, hooded flowers in late spring and sporadically thru the summer. A comparative study of ground cover lamium chicago botanic. Silver seeds by paul paolilli, this book has a collection of poems that represent objects found within nature. Shop bluestone perennials for a wide choice of lamium plants and flowers. Spotted dead nettle beacon silver lamium beacon silver.
It is easy to take some plants for granted and lamiums fit neatly into this category. The time that you sow the seeds of lamium is dependent upon the species that you are growing. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined. Lamium maculatum beacon silver spotted deadnettle beacon. Brightens shady areas in hotter climates or good for full sun elsewhere. 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. Lamium maculatum album clusters of hooded, white flowers from may to july held just above the mat of green, silver splashed leaves. The few ornamental varieties have the great value of being lovely ground covers that prosper in dry shade.
Buy dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon silver rhs plants. My beacon silver is starting its fifth year and it is currently bullying a dwarf. 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. I was first attracted to the lamium maculatum plant due to its lovely cultivars with silver leaves, but have found it to be an unsung hero in dry shade conditions. A beautiful groundcover plant that will light up the base of deciduous or.
The royal horticultural society is the uks leading gardening charity. To start from seed, place lamium seeds in a plastic baggy with a spoonful of slightly. All tolerate poor soils and a range of light conditions. Deadnettles, how to grow and care for lamium plants. Members of the mint family, these plants have the typical square stems, toothed leaves, and spreading habit.
The old standard is aureum aka golden nuggets with plain yellow leaves and. Being a vigorous growing groundcover, they are selfmulching. 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. Lamium covers up that soil and adds colorful flowers, foliage and texture. Its drought tolerant once established and deer and rabbit resistant. How to grow dead nettle and other lamium plant species. Lamium maculatum beacon silver has thick whorls of purplepink twolip flowers from spring through fall if deadheaded routinely and not allowed to desiccate. This is a very low care plant if planted in appropriate conditions. Lamium, spotted dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon silver. But what really makes this tough perennial a standout is its vivid foliage that ranges from chartreuse to. Garden guides and san francisco gate, as well as several ebooks.
This british selection forms a spreading patch of small leaves, brightly marbled with light and dark green, chartreuse and silver. Light green leaves become covered in a dome of bubblegum pink flowers followed by pretty seed heads. Lamium plant growing guide how to grow dead nettle. Jun 2, 2014 my silver beacon lamium looked sickly and stunted this spring. New garden plants is your convenient online garden plants center. Find mixtures for your region, or for special uses such as dry areas, partial shade, attracting animals, low growing, and more. Beacon silver spotted dead nettle lamium maculatum beacon. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 8, is a genus of about 40 plants commonly called deadnettles because they resemble stinging. Variegated foliage is silver white with fine, dark green edges. Clusters of brightpink flowers appear in spring, then continue off and on. White nancy deadnettle lamium maculatum white nancy.
Although a moist humus rich soil is best, lamium maculatum will cope with dry periods. Lamium is one of the best choices for a tough yet showy perennial groundcover. Then off each letter there is a phrase that describes that particular word. Trailing, mounded variety has silver leaves edged in green with pinkpurple flowers. Lamium maculatum beacon silver the biking gardener. Beacon silver dead nettle monrovia beacon silver dead. In summer it produces vibrant spikes of bright red, purple or pink flowers.
Ground cover lamium collection spring hill nurseries. A frost hardy, low growing, mat forming perennial that thrives under trees creating an attractive carpet of green and silver splashed, triangular foliage. Beacon silver lamium shade flowers, flower garden, moon garden. Lamium maculatum beacon silver lamier vivace couvre. You can check out invasive plants on the net and see if you can find the one you have. Trim back after flowering to encourage new leaf growth. Most of the 40odd species of lamium are rampantgrowing plants from asia and europe. Pink pewter has prolific pink flowers and silver variegated leaves, while white. They can be grown in either a sunny or partially shaded part of the garden that has good drainage. This species is very variable in terms of leaf size and shape, hairiness and flower colours. A week or so later i noticed with horror, that the false lamium by the kitchen window had begun to set seed before the plants had even finished flowering. Heaps vegetable gardening shorts book 1 kindle edition by paris, james. Scalloped, quilted, heartshaped leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on square stems.