Spotted Deadnettle
Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum
Lamiaceae - Mint Family
▲ flowering plants in a landscape bed
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Spotted Deadnettle
Location near campus: in several of the planting beds, usually under trees, in the Xeriscape Garden, located 3/4 mile south of campus at the corner of National Avenue and Linwood.
- herbaceous perennial groundcover that spreads by stolons that root at the nodes
- has opposite, green leaves with silvery markings on top
- flowers are deep, bright blue in late fall through spring
- prefers part shade to moderate shade and fertile, moist, well-drained soils
- can invade into lawns, so often good to plant it in confined areas where spread outside of planting bed will not be a problem