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Is Lamium invasive

alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
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Does anyone grow Lamium and is it invasive?
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,118
    I grow Lamium Beacon Silver ... it spreads nicely over the area allotted to it but doesn’t invade elsewhere or pop up in other parts of the garden unbidden. A very useful plant for a bit of ground cover and much enjoyed by bumble bees. I wouldn’t be without it 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,138
    Some species are considered a bit of a nuisance, eg Lamium  galeobdolon. 
  • micearguersmicearguers Posts: 621
    I allow the wild weed Lamium purpureum in places. It's a lovely plant, pretty flowers, a good gap filler, easy to control, annual, great for pollinators.

  • SophieKSophieK Posts: 244
    My lamium was spreading nicely but not invasive. That said, it seems to have died, waiting to see if some new shoots come up when the weather warms up
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,118
    Cambridgerose12 said:
    Some species are considered a bit of a nuisance, eg Lamium  galeobdolon. 
    Yes, that can run riot  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,462
    Bees seem to love all the deadnettles and like @micearguers I allow them in wilder corners as they are pretty and I have enough room to spare. I have both the purple and the white and they are always busy. Plantlife says it is known as 'bumblebee flower' in some counties because they love it so much. I don't even mind woundwort which grows in one spot near the pond, though I don't make a habit of smelling it!
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    I also have the white and purple varieties and the bees and moths go nuts for them especially purple.  I had the purple one in a trough above a pot with grass in it last year.

    I've just discovered that this year the grass pot now has a lovely lamium covering all the way around it.

    I've pulled lots of it out and dotted it around the garden.  Not sure if it will enjoy being relocated but we'll see.  
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,533
    I let it grow and pull it out when I'm ready to plant something else.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,274
    I wish my Lamium orvala from Crug would grow a bit more rampant. Three years and it is still only a single spike.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,118
    Mine was the same for years @fidgetbones ... then we pollarded the ash and it got more daylight and more rain ......... lush isn't the word  :D

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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