FoliageSpotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum
Spotted Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum) is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 4-8, that matures to about 0.3-0.8 ft × 1-2 ft. It does best in part shade and full shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect pink, purple and white blooms in spring and summer. It stands up well to deer and drought.
- USDA zones
- 4-8
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 0.3-0.8 ft × 1-2 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- Pink, Purple, White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought
- Native to
- Europe and North Africa to West Asia
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Spotted Deadnettle is hardy to about -30°F (estimated from USDA zone 4), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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