General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Semi-evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners

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Common names
  • Spotted Dead Nettle

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Location: St Louis
Date: 2011-05-13
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-20
A mature clump
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-20

Date: 2012-10-05
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-20
Fall bloom.  Heavier bloom earlier in the season.

Date: 2012-10-05
Location: Cedarhome, Washington

Date: 2012-10-05

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Credit florum
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Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Dec 1, 2013 2:59 PM concerning plant:
    Useful as a groundcover, this plant will colonize readily, but is also easy to pull out. Blooms over a long period of time. When it gets leggy, cut it back to about 3" and it will fill in and bloom again.

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