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LAMIUM purpureum
Plant Description
| Life Cycle: | Biennial |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Asia: forest margins, roadsides, forb vegetation areas. |
| Special Features: | Fast growing, flowering at almost any time of the year, self seeding, easy to grow, annual to biennial. |
| Historical: | Traditional healing herb, edible flowers and young leaves. |
| Basic Colour: | (red / scarlet / purple) |
| Flower Colour: | purple-violet |
| Natural Flowering Period: | March - October |
| Winter Hardiness Zones: |
Z3 - Z9
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| Foliage: | hairy, nettel like, not stinging leaves, older ones green, younger purple |
| Growth Habit: | stoloniferous |
| Height with Flowers: | 30 cm |
| Spacing between Plants: | 15 cm |
| Soil Requirements: | average / humus rich, fertile |
| Location: | |
| Characteristics: | groundcover |
| Usage: | honey-bee food plant |
| Portion weight: | 0.099 Gram |
| Grams per 1000 seeds: | 0.68966 Gram |
| Seeds per Gram (does not correspond to the number of plants!): |
1450 |
| Gram to get 1000 plants (if sown directly into pots etc. you will need a larger quantity): |
3 Gram |
| Sowing Rates/Trays: | 3 per cell |
| Plug tray recommended size(s): | 128 |
| Sowing Direction: |
(1) Cold-germinators are still referred to as frost-germinators, although this isn’t quite correct. The sowing must be kept warm (about +18 to +22°C) [about 64 to 72°F] and moist for the first 2–4 weeks. After this period the sowing must be kept at a cold temperature (between –4 and +4°C) [between 25 and 39°F] for another 4–6 weeks. Colder temperatures of –5°C [23°F] are only advantageous for most species of the Ranunculus family. It is not so important if the temperature is higher or lower during the cooling period, but the cooling period has to be prolonged because the synthesis of the germination inducer, hormon-like acid, slows down or comes to a standstill.
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| Container Size(s): | 1 plug per 8/9 cm (3 1/2") |
| Fertilizer: | Medium (150-200 ppm) |
