Planetagarden
- What can you do with dead nettle?
- How do I get rid of dead nettle in my lawn?
- What is the difference between dead nettle and stinging nettle?
- Can you propagate dead nettle?
What can you do with dead nettle?
Purple dead nettle also has medicinal benefits. It is known in the herbal world as being astringent, diuretic, diaphoretic and purgative. It's also anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. The leaves can be used on external wounds or cuts, or as a poultice, similar to how you would use yarrow or plantain.
How do I get rid of dead nettle in my lawn?
Post-emergence herbicides that contain metsulfuron or trifloxysulfuron-sodium can be used against purple deadnettle erupting in Bermuda grass or zoysia grass, but pre-emergence herbicides are much safer for other grasses.
What is the difference between dead nettle and stinging nettle?
Deadnettle (Lamium spp) is similar in height and appearance to stinging nettles. ... Deadnettles have smoother leaves and a green stem (white arrow). Stinging nettles leaves (red arrow) have a slightly furry appearance due to the stings.
Can you propagate dead nettle?
Perennial Lamium, or spotted dead nettle, takes its role as ground cover seriously: It expands rapidly to fill an empty shade garden. Even though this plant is a shade lover, it grows in all Sunset zones. ... If you have time, you can grow more plants by dividing roots or taking stem cuttings.
