General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 60-100 cm
Plant Spread: 25 cm
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds: 6-8 weeks
Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds very thin
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Self

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Common names
  • Hempnettle
  • Common Hemp Nettle

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Location: Hortus Lapidea
Location: Hortus Lapidea
Location: Hortus Lapidea
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-28
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-28
Location: Keila, Northwestern Estonia
Date: August
credit: Ivar Leidus
Location: nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-25
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-25
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-25
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-25
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-25
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-25
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-25
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2001  summer-fall
Galeopsis tetrahit    blooming wildflower

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