Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Flowering Plants, Shrubs
Origin
World/Pandemic, Europe, Asia
Asia, North America, Southern Europe
Types
Lamium purpureum
Aristocrat, Buckeye Belle, Henry Bockstoce , Abalone Pearl, Coral Supreme, Cytherea, Charlie's White
Number of Varieties
1530
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds, gardens
Hillside, Woods
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-83-9
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
8-1
Sunset Zone
-
A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22
Habit
Spreading
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
10.20 cm76.20 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
15.20 cm61.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Purple, Pink
Pink, Red, White
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Purple, Dark Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Purple, Dark Green
Dark Green, Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Bronze, Dark Green, Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Oval to egg shaped
Compound
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Partial shade
Full Sun, Part sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loamy
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Spring, Late Spring
Spring, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
-
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Root Division, Seedlings
Grafting, Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Does not require lot of watering, It cannot sustain wet-feet, Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Needs watering once a week, Prefer drip-irrigation instead of Over-head watering, Water occasionally
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Moist, Well drained
Loamy
Soil Drainage Capacity
Moist, Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Partial shade
Full Sun, Part sun
Pruning
Pinch or prune as they grow to promote branching and bushiness, Remove deadheads
Do not prune during shooting season, Prune to control growth, Remove dead or diseased plant parts, Remove deadheads
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
-
Botrytis Blight, Leaf spot, Stem spot, Viruses
Plant Tolerance
Drought
-
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Semi-Double
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Coarse
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Ants
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover
Beautification, Bouquets, Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Astringent, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Purgative, Styptic
Cough, Gout, Headache, Heartburn, Kidney problems, Upset stomach, Urinary tract problems
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
Flowers, Root, Seeds
Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Used in Homeopathy
Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for fragrance
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Groundcover
Feature Plant, Foundation, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
LAMIUM purpureum
Paeonia suffruticosa
Common Name
Purple Archangel, Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle
Peony
In Hindi
Purple Deadnettle
Peony
In German
Lila Taubnessel
Pfingstrose
In French
Violet Ortie blanche
Pivoine
In Spanish
Púrpura Deadnettle
Peonía
In Greek
μωβ Deadnettle
παιωνία
In Portuguese
Roxo Deadnettle
Peônia
In Polish
Jasnota purpurowa
Piwonia
In Latin
Purpura Deadnettle
AGLAOPHOTIS
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
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Family
Lamiaceae
Paeoniaceae
Genus
Lamium
Paeonia
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Lamioideae
-
Number of Species
5030
1
27800
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