lamium
IPA: ɫˈeɪmiʌm
Root Word: Lamium
noun
- (dead-nettles) a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which it is the type genus.
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Examples of "lamium" in Sentences
- Singing the praises of a lamium that doesn't spread
- Select groundcovers such as Canadian ginger, lamium, vinca, lungwort and hosta.
- If you haven't grown any, lamium in the right spot can be a choice ground cover for shady gardens.
- A mat of low growing woodland phlox or lamium would be a good companion, though neither is blooming when the daffodils flower.
- The bright blue flowers of a windflower (Anemone blanda) pop out against the white leaves of a nearby lamium, which also is in bloom.
- The darkening seedheads of Northern Sea Oats look dark against the 'Purple Dragon' lamium, but light against the Japanese maple foliage:
- Lamium maculatum (spotted nettle) cultivars already running amok in my garden, a gift of another lamium, atypical though it may be, did not exactly make me leap for joy.
- The Breathless Blush combines well with pink flowered selections of salvias and burgundy leafed grasses, while a touch of lime green foliaged plants such as coleus or lamium will add some extra zest.
- Dry, shady spots beneath trees: Ground covers such as common periwinkle (vinca or "myrtle," if kept well-watered initially), blood-red hardy geranium, variegated Solomon's seal, hosta, lamium, lily-of-the-valley and pachysandra.
- Upon the narrow stony strip of comparatively level ground the sun's rays fell with concentrated ardour, and along it was a brilliant bloom of late summer flowers -- of camomile, St. John's wort, purple loosestrife, hemp-agrimony and lamium.