lamium

IPA: ɫˈeɪmiʌm

Root Word: Lamium

(dead-nettles) a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which it is the type genus.

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.