It has been a very wet and cool spring here and not much is growing well, the annuals are just beginning to grow and I am so glad I planted this lamium early in April. My containers look full by mid-May! This cascading vine with the variegated leaf is a lamium that bears yellow flowers. Lamium is common here and often becomes invasive in the garden and even grows wild, but that is the purple flowering variety that has an upright habit. I took a few starts of this variety from a friends garden last summer and started them in pots. Early this spring as soon as they started to green up, I put them in some of my larger containers, and by May I had these pretty silver and green leaves filing out my pots. It is a perennial so can be planted in early spring when frost is still possible.
AuthorBarbara Eaton, M.Ed. is a Master Gardener, a garden designer and an artist. She works as a professional gardener caring for the gardens of several regular clients. She is a published author, retired educator and a fool for flowers. Archives
January 2019
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