Oct 16, 2019
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 16 October 2019
The Exotic Garden at Great Dixter, Sussex, UK, has a great range of plants with distinctive foliage including Boehmeria sieboldiana (Siebold's false nettle) which is a relative of the stinging nettle but the handsome, deeply veined leaves of this plant do not sting passing visitors. This clump-forming herbaceous perennial will grow in semi-shade provided the soil is moist but well-drained. Once established the plant may gently self seed.
Jill Raggett