This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.
dead nettle
I was going to buy a red dead nettle to plant as ground cover in a shady corner. Just wondered if there is any reason why I shouldn't just transplant some of the wild dead nettle that is growing in the street outside? To be clear I'm not talking about digging up wildflowers from a park/countryside, just from cracks in the pavement where the council will weedkiller them anyway. Are there any reasons why this wouldn't be a good idea?
0
Posts
Hi tulip. The red dead nettles in the street will be the wild ones, they are annuals and not really ground coverers. White dead nettle is good for that. Both are good for early bees
In the sticks near Peterborough
The garden varieties would be much better. Here is a site to click on which tells you about them and has lots of different ones to look at.
http://www.perennials.com/plants/lamium-maculatum-red-nancy.html
That's a nice one.
In the sticks near Peterborough
That's great - thanks v much. I didn't think about the annual/perennial difference, just assumed it would be a similar/same plant.
They're all related but there are a lot of different ones.
In the sticks near Peterborough