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By Trixie

Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Hello. Can you tell me what this green and silver plant is? Thanks




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It called Lamium galeobdolon, commonly called yellow archangel and spreads quite rapidly. Very pretty yellow dead nettle type flower which the bees adore.
Fairly easy to pull up where you don't want it.

21 May, 2016

 

Yes, Lamium . . . quite a useful groundcover plant.

21 May, 2016

 

Are you sure that this isn't L. maculatum? I've read that L. galeobdolon is an upright grower.

22 May, 2016

 

You could be right Tugbrethil, may well have got the wrong variety, but it's definitely a Lamium.

22 May, 2016

 

Pretty sure its galeobdolon. The stems trail flat and the flower stems are upright. Maculatum doesn't send out long trailing stems like that. Fine in a woodland but a pain in a border.

22 May, 2016

 

Well, you'll find out for sure when it blooms: L. galeobdolon blooms yellow; and L. maculatum blooms pink, lilac, or white.

23 May, 2016

 

No Honeysuckle, you're right. I have both and they are very different..

23 May, 2016

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