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Purple Dead Nettle & Elderberry observation

Tj Simpson

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I don't know if there is a better place on the forums for guild observations but I have noticed that wild purple dead nettle (Lamium purpureum) does very well under a volunteer red elderberry as a ground cover. I have not seen this plant this abundant anywhere else before.

Purple dead nettle is in the mint family and is an edible similar to henbit & makes for a good potherb.

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T Blankinship

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Love that purple dead nettle (Lamium purpureum)! I have seen purple dead nettle grow in lawns and other places that thing can not grow well.

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Ooh, if the elderbush goes well with deadnettles, it might be worth trying others of the Lamiaceae, like Stachys affinis or S. palustris (for tubers)...

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