While spotted dead nettle (Lamium maculatum) can make an attractive and low maintenance ground cover for partly shady locations, it is not native to North America and it, like many of its mint ...

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Here’s an example: Pachysandra is a well-known ground cover for the shade. Lamium maculatum, commonly called spotted dead nettle, also prefers shade.

There are actually two stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) plants. One is the ornamental ground cover called dead nettle. Stinging nettle is a weed that curiously enough does have several uses.