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- How do the different types of deadnettle differ?
- The six most important types of deadwood
- White nettle
- Red nettle
- Big deadnettle
- Ordinary golden nettle and Silvery-leaved Deadnettle
- Spotted Deadnettle
- Tips & Tricks
Deadnettle bloom violet, white or yellow depending on the species
How do the different types of deadnettle differ?
Deadnails have a bad reputation in German gardens. Anyone who deals with the different types of deadnettle, finds that there are very pretty and decorative species among them. Worth knowing about the different types of deadnettle.
The six most important types of deadwood
White nettle
The white deadnettle is probably the most common type of deadnettle. You may remember that as a child, you pulled out the white flowers and sucked them to enjoy the honey-sweet nectar?
White nettles are used in naturopathy for inflammation and gynecological disorders. Just like the "burning" representatives of the nettles, you can also make nettles in the kitchen. The leaves give the leaves a mild spicy note and the flowers are well suited as an edible decoration.
Red nettle
Red nettles are usually not quite as tall as the white deadnettle. But they develop countless pink flowers. In mild winters, red deadwoods continue to flower, allowing them to be planted as a wonderful spot of color in inconspicuous garden corners.
Big deadnettle
Under the name "Nesselkönig" the Great Deadnettle is offered in the garden trade. The perennials develop white-pink flowers. She feels very well in partial shade and is often planted as a groundcover.
Ordinary golden nettle and Silvery-leaved Deadnettle
Golden yellow flowers show up in the golden nettle, of which there are several subspecies. This deadnettle species flowers only in spring from April to June. The subspecies Silvery-leaved Deadnettle differs from the Common Golden Nettle by the silvery foliage and a slightly later flowering period. It blooms into the summer.
Spotted Deadnettle
The spotted deadnettle impresses with its beautiful, patterned leaves, whose color palette ranges from white to silver gray. The flowers are usually violet, rarely white. This kind of dead-nettle brings it with good care to 80 centimeters height. It can be pulled very well in the pot.
Tips & Tricks
Deadnettle is a very good bee pasture and is often visited by many other insects. You should therefore leave a few of the flowering nettles in the garden.