Hermann's Pride Yellow Archangel

Other Names: False Lamium

Ornamental Features:

Hermann's Pride Yellow Archangel features subtle spikes of yellow flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring. It's attractive serrated narrow leaves remain silver in colour with distinctive dark green veins throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Hermann's Pride Yellow Archangel is a dense herbaceous perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Hermann's Pride Yellow Archangel is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Border Edging

Plant Characteristics:

Hermann's Pride Yellow Archangel will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This perennial does best in partial shade to shade. It is an amazingly adaptable plant, tolerating both dry conditions and even some standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by division.

This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.