General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 30 - 60 cm
Plant Spread: 40 cm
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color
Flower Time: Spring
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds
Needs specific temperature: Sow at 18-22 C° for 4 weeks, move to minimum 4 C° for 6 weeks, move to 5-12 C°. for germination
Depth to plant seed: 0.5 cm
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting

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Common names
  • Balm-Leaved Red Deadnettle
  • Balm-Leaf Archangel
  • Dead Nettle

Photo Gallery
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-05-30
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-05-31
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-05-31
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2006-05-13
Location: Howick Hall gardens, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2021-05-12
Lamium orvala
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-05-25
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-05-30
Bloom and leaves
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-07
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-07
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-04-23
fantastic flower! I picked one off the plant for its portrait..
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-05-08

photo credit: Marcello Consolo

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-05-30
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna
credit: XRiffRaffx

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