Lamium maculatum 'Ghost'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
- Height × spread
- 0.35m × 0.5m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, likes light shade
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Spring
Availability
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About this plant
A robust form of the evergreen creeping dead-nettle that has paired triangular leaves with neat, rounded forward-pointing lobes on their edges. They are coloured silver with the surface patterned by fine impressed veins, just touched with green. The leaves have a green edge. They sometimes develop purple splashes on their surface. In spring there are tight flowering spikes of hooded purple flowers. This has a spreading habit and makes good groundcover. Try this variety around purple-foliaged shrubs.
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Foliage colour
- Silver, White
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.35m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Shady court, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil, Dry and shady soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover, Rabbit resistant, Bee attraction
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
AutumnNow
Autumn · Planting
Remove offsets to create new plants
Offsets are small plants or shoots that develop around the parent plant. They should have developed a root system of their own before they are detached. They can be planted directly, or grown in pots if so small they could be 'lost' in the garden.
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
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