I mentioned this plant in passing on yesterday's post. This one is destined for the raised bed near the new side gate.
It has such a mundane name, Deadnettle, but is in fact a sweet little filler plant in this garden. I have several different ones, but this is a new addition Lamium Maculatum 'Cannon's Gold'. I purchased it from one my favourite plant habit addiction centres, Thorpe Gardens at Horam. I was about to tell you that they don't have a website, but do have a Facebook presence, but am delighted to say that they have now got one HERE. I could not see any Lamium on their plant inventory, but they had a lote of them, and most of my other ones also came from there.
Thorpe's are always offer a friendly welcome, have a reasonable selection of plants and a wealth of knowledge. I unfortunately can be found there a lot!
The leaves delicate and lime gold in colour, being edge in green. Semi-evergreen in nature it will form a carpet with whorls of long-lasting magenta flowers in this case and will really light up the underneath of a shrub, or as I plan to use it around the base of a pot. Height is around 6 inches or so, depending on which variety you go for.
It is easy to propagate, hence why just the one. All I do is just hack off a bit and stuff it in a new location. Just as long as it is well-watered for a while, it will be fine.
I also have a green and silver one near the arches through to the top bed, and a run of the mill one in the raised beds, so I think you will get a sense that I like them. I believe that there is also a green/white variegated one skulking in the side garden the other side of the new gate, which has been there on and off since we moved in.
The only downside is that they have a slight, and only slight, not unpleasant, but weird smell if you brush against it. It is smoky almost ... don't judge, but is a bit like sniffing a recycled black bin liner. NOT that I do that on purpose. Oh dear, that statement makes it seem that I have a problem with doing that, butI don't want you to suspect I might actually do that! I need to stop it's just getting stranger.
Please do not be put off by that strange paragraph above, it is not a problem smell and definitely should not be considered a drawback to considering it.
Hugs
Kay xx
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