Scientific Name:
Lamium galeobdolon
'Variegatum'
Pronunciation:
LAY-mee-um gay-lee-OB-doh-lon
Common Name:
lamium, variegated yellow archangel
Family Name:
Lamiaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant
Key ID Features:
Invasive ground cover when escaped from containers; leaves opposite, mostly ovate, toothed, pubescent, and variegated with silver; yellow florets in whorls at nodes.
Habit:
Spreading
Form:
Creeping / Mat-like
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Humus rich, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate, Low
Landscape Uses:
Container planting
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Opposite
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Rugose, Pubescent
Colour in Summer:
Green, Silver / Grayish
Shapes:
Deltoid, Ovate, Rhomboidal
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Rounded
Margins:
Ciliate, Dentate
Course(s):
- HORT 1155
- Level 2 Apprenticeship
Location(s):
- (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed