4 Lamium Dead Nettle Live Plants | Ground Cover Perennial | Variegated Sun or Shade Plant | Hummingbird Friendly | Easy Grow

Enhance your landscape with 4 Lamium (Dead Nettle) Starter Live Plants, a fast-growing perennial ground cover prized for its attractive silver-green variegated foliage and delicate pink to purple flowers. Adaptable to both sunny and shady locations, Lamium is an excellent choice for adding year-round color and texture to difficult garden spaces.

Blooming from spring through summer, Lamium attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other beneficial pollinators while forming a dense carpet that helps suppress weeds and reduce soil erosion. Its spreading habit makes it ideal for woodland gardens, borders, under trees, rock gardens, slopes, and containers.

These healthy starter plants are easy to establish, low maintenance, and return year after year with lush growth and beautiful blooms.

Key Features

• Botanical Name: Lamium maculatum
• Common Name: Spotted Dead Nettle, Lamium
• Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Ground Cover
• Quantity: 4 Starter Live Plants
• Flower Color: Pink to Purple
• Foliage Color: Silver and Green Variegated
• Mature Height: 6–10 inches
• Spread: 18–36 inches
• Bloom Season: Spring through Summer
• Growth Habit: Low-Growing, Spreading
• Light Requirements: Full Sun to Full Shade (Best foliage color in partial shade.)
• Water Needs: Moderate; prefers well-drained soil
• USDA Hardiness Zones: 3–8
• Characteristics: Fast Growing, Hummingbird Friendly, Pollinator Friendly, Deer Resistant, Low Maintenance

Why You'll Love It

• Attractive silver-variegated foliage
• Delicate pink to purple blooms
• Thrives in both sun and shade
• Excellent weed-suppressing ground cover
• Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees
• Deer resistant and easy to grow
• Fast spreading for quick landscape coverage
• Returns larger each season

Perfect For

• Ground cover plantings
• Shade gardens
• Sunny borders
• Woodland gardens
• Under trees
• Slopes and erosion control
• Rock gardens
• Containers and hanging baskets

Care Instructions

Plant in well-drained soil and water regularly while establishing. Lamium performs best in partial shade but adapts well to full sun with adequate moisture and full shade in most climates. Trim lightly after flowering to encourage fresh foliage and maintain a neat appearance.