| Description | A Lamium similar to White Nancy except Red Nancy has dark rosy pink flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (lay-MEE-um)(mak-ew-LAH-tum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | prefers semi-shade, plants will not be as compact or as colorful in the deeper shade areas, needs additional moisture in full sun |
| Moisture | average, moist, avoid dry |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, will rot in the winter in soggy soils |
| Temperature | foliage cooler best in cooler temperatures |
| Flowers | srosy pink, lipped, hooded flowers on short stalks |
| Dimensions | 6 by 24 inches (HS) upright sprawling growth habit |
| Maintenance | dead heading will help prevent seedlings that will revert back to another form, cuttings back |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Misc Facts | received a 4.5 out of 5 at the Chicago Botanic Gardens trials |
| Author's Notes | To me Lamium maculata cultivars are site specific. If given partial shade with a bit of morning sun, in moist well drained soil they will be colorful in both their foliage and flowers. Full sun drier conditions they will be bleached and not preform to their listed traits. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #217-Chicago Botanic Garden (www.chicagobotanic.org) |
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