Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle 1 Live Groundcover Plant, 1 Quart Pot – Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’

Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’) is a low-growing, spreading perennial groundcover admired for its vibrant purple flowers and distinctive silver-marked foliage. This ornamental cultivar produces attractive green leaves with broad silvery centers and darker green margins, creating a textured, variegated appearance that adds interest to shaded garden spaces.

During spring and early summer, Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle produces clusters of relatively large, hooded purple to magenta-purple flowers above its patterned foliage. Additional flowering may occur later in the growing season under favorable conditions. The blossoms may attract bees and other visiting pollinators, while the silver-green foliage provides ornamental interest beyond the main flowering period.

Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle performs best in partial shade to shade and prefers fertile, well-drained soil with moderate moisture. It develops a spreading, mat-forming habit that makes it suitable for shaded borders, woodland-style gardens, landscape edging, and decorative containers. Depending on winter temperatures, its foliage may remain evergreen or semi-evergreen, or the plant may experience seasonal dieback.

Each order includes 1 live Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle plant supplied in a 1-quart nursery container (QT).

Shipping Height: Not specified.

Shipping Size

• Quantity: 1 Live Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle Plant

• Container Size: 1 Quart Nursery Pot (QT)

• Shipping Height: Not specified

• Plant Form: Rooted, Container-Grown Groundcover Perennial

• Flower Color: Purple to Magenta Purple

• Flower Form: Hooded, Tubular Blossoms

• Foliage Color: Silver-Centered Green Leaves With Darker Green Margins

• Foliage Characteristics: Variegated, Textured Leaves

• Growth Habit: Low-Growing, Creeping, Spreading, Mat-Forming

• Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer, With Possible Additional Flowering

• Seasonal Appearance: Evergreen to Semi-Evergreen in Mild Climates; Winter Dieback Possible

Plant Condition Disclosure:

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

• Quantity: 1 Live Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle Plant

• Container Size: 1 Quart Nursery Pot (QT)

• Shipping Height: Not specified

• Common Name: Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle

• Alternative Name: Purple Dragon Lamium

• Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’

• Cultivar: Purple Dragon

• Plant Type: Herbaceous Groundcover Perennial

• Life Cycle: Perennial

• Growth Habit: Low-Growing, Creeping, Spreading, Mat-Forming

• Flower Color: Purple to Magenta Purple

• Flower Form: Hooded, Tubular Blossoms

• Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer, With Possible Additional Flowering

• Foliage Color: Silver-Centered Green Leaves With Darker Green Margins

• Foliage Characteristics: Variegated, Textured Leaves

• USDA Hardiness Zones: Generally 3–8

• Sunlight: Partial Shade to Shade

• Soil Preference: Fertile, Well-Drained Soil

• Water Requirements: Moderate; Prefers Consistent Moisture

• Pollinator Interest: May Attract Bees and Other Flower-Visiting Insects

• Landscape Uses: Shaded Groundcover, Woodland Gardens, Garden Edging, Mixed Borders, and Decorative Containers

• Ornamental Interest: Purple Flowers and Silver-Marked Foliage

• Container Suitable: Yes, With Adequate Drainage

• Outdoor Plant: Yes

• Seasonal Appearance: Evergreen to Semi-Evergreen Depending on Climate

• Primary Feature: Spreading Groundcover With Variegated Foliage

Live Purple Dragon Spotted Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’), natural root system, nursery growing medium, 1-quart nursery container.