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ValleyBeeGirl

May 15, 2014 8:34 AM CST

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Zone 4

I don't know if I like this plant or not, the purple one in front.

Let's start with "what is it?".

| @ValleyBeeGirl | Post #614748 (1)

SongofJoy

May 15, 2014 9:06 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

From what I can tell of the photo, it's Lamium. Some consider it a weedy pest and others cultivate it. Several varieties can be bought in garden departments.

I garden for the pollinators.

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JRsbugs

May 15, 2014 9:26 AM CST

Name: Janet Super Sleuth
Near Lincoln UK

It is a very healthy Lamium, loved by bees.

Lamium maculatum, or a cultivar of it is the most likely.

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ld...

BugLife

| @JRsbugs | Post #614788 (3)

lovemyhouse

May 15, 2014 10:08 AM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
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Beautiful plant, hope you tip on the side of 'like it.'

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

| @lovemyhouse | Post #614819 (4)

ValleyBeeGirl

May 15, 2014 12:38 PM CST

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I do have this lamium which is different than my posting. The leaves are quite pointed and dark but I see a resemblance.

Ok. I'll keep it this year

| @ValleyBeeGirl | Post #614928 (5)

Danita

May 15, 2014 2:32 PM CST

Name: Danita
GA (Zone 7b)

I agree with the ID of Lamium maculatum and it looks like it could be the cultivar called 'Chequers'. See the pics here:
Spotted Dead Nettle (Lamium maculatum 'Chequers')

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purpleinopp

May 16, 2014 7:54 AM CST

Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
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If stores sold pretty plants like that around here, I'd have big patches of that. Those leaves are awesome, whether or not the plant is blooming. I've given up on most plain-green leaf herbaceous perennials, so boring compared to a pretty plant like that.

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