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Monday's Flower - Lamium

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 10491201242

What is Lamium?  That would be a question I would ask.  I love gardening but never took the time to learn all the names of plants.

I have been getting some positive response to this series, so now I am forced to learn the names of the plants and flowers to help you better identify the flower I am featuring.

Lamium is a ground cover and comes in many varieties.  I have had this plant in my garden for many years.  This was given to me by a  homeowner whose house I was selling, because during the process we discovered we shared a passion for gardening.

As you can see it has lovely greenish silver leaves, there is also a Lamium flower but my plant is not in bloom at this time.

This plant is perfect for a shady area, a spot where you might be having trouble growing anything.   I have grown it under cedar trees.   I just started a new section where I planted Lamium and in between each plant I also planted low growing blue fescue grass. I am sure it should look pretty but I will have to wait and see.

Lamium

 

What lesson can you learn from the Lamium?

In your business you might start out small but with the right tools and circumstances you will grow your business; be tenacious.  Yes a small piece of Lamium will keep growing, and will fill l in that troubled spot in the shady part of your garden.

 

Have a great week and happy planting.

 

 

 

 

 

Comments (16)

Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

I love this series.  I could use some Lamium. It does look like a great ground cover.

May 26, 2014 07:36 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Jennifer that is beautiful ground cover, I should try planting some of it in a part of my yard that gets very little sun.

May 26, 2014 07:40 AM
Jennifer Fivelsdal
JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY
Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection

joan and George it is a lovely ground cover needing very little attention,  I usually pay attention to it only when I want to move a piece of it to another area.

George this is a great choice for a shady area.

May 26, 2014 07:46 AM
Teral McDowell
Referral Patners LLC - Murphy, TX

That Lamium looks delicate and such a pretty shade of green. It was fun to see how you tied the plant to daily business; keep up the good work Jennifer.

May 26, 2014 02:46 PM
Jennifer Fivelsdal
JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY
Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection

Teral it does look delicate.

Thankyou.

May 26, 2014 03:57 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

How clever to connect a success of gardening with success in business. So true:

with the right tools, patience, consistent work~ business will grow;)

May 26, 2014 06:46 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

This is a good theme for a series. Many of us need to learn more about the plants and flowers that will work best in our home community.

May 26, 2014 11:09 PM
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Hi Jennifer, I have seen the Lamium in gardens and it is such a nice green leafy plant.

Have a great day.

May 26, 2014 11:30 PM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello Jennifer and this is very interesting!

VB 

May 27, 2014 02:54 AM
Dinah Stallworth-Lewis
Priority Real Estate LLC - 318.332.8281 - Natchitoches, LA
NATCHITOCHES, LA HOMES FOR SALE

Jennifer,

Those are beautiful plants.  I would like to see it when it blooms.

May 27, 2014 03:44 AM
Rene Fabre
ARFCO Media - Renton, WA
Practicing Philosophical Eclectic of the Arts

Darest I say I think they're an attractive plant. But many here in the Pacific Northwest would disagree with me because there are a few varieties here that are considered to be foreign invading noxious weeds. I didn't know their name, so thanks for that. When you take a walk in the woods around here they do love the shade. Not all varieties are considered invaders, but I'm not up on the subject enough to know the differences. But I recognize those leaves from your photo. Enjoyed your post. Thanks.

May 27, 2014 11:25 AM
Kwee Huset
Kwee Huset Realty - Venice, FL
Venice Florida Homes For Sale

Hi Jennifer, without reading the content I will think it is a coleus.It looks nice for the garden.

May 27, 2014 12:02 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Jennifer, That is a really pretty plant and I wouldn't mind having it in my yard too. I wonder if it will grow in Tennessee.

May 27, 2014 02:00 PM
Jane Chaulklin-Schott
TEAMCONNECT REALTY - (407) 394-9766 - Orlando, FL
TeamConnect Luxury Homes - Orlando, Florida, 32836

Jennifer, I am not much of a gardener and absolutely do not have a green thumb. Have a feeling your series might help me. Hahahaha.

May 27, 2014 03:01 PM
Anna Hatridge
R Gilliam Real Estate LLC - Farmington, MO
Missouri Realtor with R Gilliam Real Estate LLC

Jennifer, I share your love of gardening and how you tie it to your real estate business. I don't have much shade in my yard so not sure this would be a good choice for me. I wonder if Lamium is also know as Snow on the Mountain.

May 29, 2014 01:18 AM
Nick T Pappas
Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL - Huntsville, AL
Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource

Jennifer, nice looking shade plant.  My father in-law grows Orchids and knows all their scientific names...quite impressive.

May 30, 2014 12:55 PM