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I can't see your picture, but I do know of Dead Nettle or Lamium which is a ground cover.

Mary

Thanks Mary, I'll look that up and see. It is rather low growing and my mom said it spread really fast from last year to this.

Caryl

Mary,

I looked up lamium and there it was. Lamium maculata to be exact. Thanks so much for your help.

Caryl

That's one gorgeous ground cover, isn't it? I always admire it when I see it for sale. It might be in my future too as the trees I planted create more shade garden and less sun garden. Definitely something to look forward to.

Mary

It is beautiful, but if it needs shade I can't put it where I want it. I'm getting more shade in gardens that were once full sun thanks to the trees, too. In some ways that's good, in others, not so much.

There are different lamiums that might be ok in sun. I have some as a ground cover in my full sun front beds and it seems happy as can be. I have it in shade where it is also happy, it might just need companion plants to keep it a bit covered.

I also have several different varieties of lamium that are in full sun and have had no problems. One is 'White Nancy'.

Thanks flood and mnwsgal. I'll keep it where it is for now then and monitor.