Beacon Silver Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'

Beacon Silver Deadnettle is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial that sprawls and variegated silver leaves with narrow lush green margins.  Small purple-pink hooded flowers bloom in clusters in late spring and sporadically throughout summer into fall.  Grows best in part sun and evenly moist well drained acidic soils.  Drought resistant.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.   No serious pests or diseases, but watch for snails and aphids.  Leaf blight and leaf spot can be an occasional issue.  Crown rot may occur in poorly drained soils.  Summer foliage decline may happen in hot and humid summer climates.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens,, Rock Gardens, Xeriscape Gardens, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Lenten Rose,  Foam Flower,  Foxglove

IMAGE:  Dominicus Johannes Bergsma,  Lanium silver beacon, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.