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Can anyone tell me what this variegated trailing plant is please.

SmallYellowDotSmallYellowDot Posts: 12
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Could anyone tell me what this is please.  My apps are failing me on this one!  

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It looks like a Dead Nettle - a lamium of some sort
    They can be a bit invasive

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I agree with @Pete.8. It usually has little yellow flowers. Great ground cover.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • SmallYellowDotSmallYellowDot Posts: 12
    Thank you to you both.  Have looked it up and found a nice trailing variety.   
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It grows a bit like mint.
    Wherever a stem touches the soil it roots and spreads.
    It's very easy to pull out though when it gets out of bounds.
    My neighbour has it and it creeps under the fence and grows along in the shade.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • ViewAheadViewAhead Posts: 866
    I have a variegated Lamium Herman's Pride that forms a little clump rather than spreading.  A trouble-free addition to the garden, in my experience.  I very much like the sound of a trailing one.  
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's most likely to be the wild one. Easy to pull out if it gets too big, as @Pete.8  says. It grows in many of the verges around here, and under hedges etc. Very useful in damp shady spots.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It looks like Lamium galeobdolon (yellow archangel). It spreads a lot by sending out lax shoots that lie horizontally and root wherever they touch the ground, but it will grow in dry shade where not many plants do well, so I just pull out the bits that go where I don't want them.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    This is a plant we see daily all over our local woodland. It spread well in pretty deep and dry shade.
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