Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Tree
Origin
World/Pandemic, Europe, Asia
Eastern Asia
Types
Lamium purpureum
Ever red , Crimson queen
Number of Varieties
156
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds, gardens
Shady Edge
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-85-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
8-2
Sunset Zone
-
A3, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Spreading
Arching/Fountain-shaped
Plant Size
Minimum Height
10.20 cm300.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
15.20 cm300.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Purple, Pink
Red
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Red, Green
Leaf Color in Spring
Purple, Dark Green
Light Green, Lime Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Purple, Dark Green
Green, Lime Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Orange, Gold, Orange Red
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Oval to egg shaped
Maple shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Average
Bloom Time
Spring, Late Spring
Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Root Division, Seedlings
Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Moist, Well drained
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Moist, Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Pinch or prune as they grow to promote branching and bushiness, Remove deadheads
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
-
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Beetles
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover
Beautification, Bonsai, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Astringent, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Purgative, Styptic
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
-
Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Used in Homeopathy
-
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Groundcover
Container, Feature Plant, Hedges, Mixed Border, Topiary / Bonsai / Espalier
Botanical Name
LAMIUM purpureum
ACER palmatum 'Omurayama'
Common Name
Purple Archangel, Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle
Japanese Maple, Weeping Japanese Maple
In Hindi
Purple Deadnettle
Weeping Maple
In German
Lila Taubnessel
Weeping Maple
In French
Violet Ortie blanche
Maple pleureur
In Spanish
Púrpura Deadnettle
weeping maple
In Greek
μωβ Deadnettle
weeping maple
In Portuguese
Roxo Deadnettle
chorando de bordo
In Polish
Jasnota purpurowa
płacz klonu
In Latin
Purpura Deadnettle
weeping maple
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Angiosperms
Class
Magnoliopsida
Eudicotyledones
Order
Lamiales
Sapindales
Family
Lamiaceae
Aceraceae
Genus
Lamium
Acer
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
-
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Lamioideae
-
Number of Species
50130
1
27800
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