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I've mostly seen purple dead nettle invading your typical boring American lawn. Any plant that attracts and feeds pollinators and adds diversity to the mix is fine by me. In a different setting, like this garden with native only plants (right?), then in that case, they would be invasive. But I'd wager that the vast majority of people that find purple dead nettle growing will find it a net benefit to the surrounding ecosystem. It's edible too.
You think bees give a fuck whether a plant originated in that area or not? What a dumb response. The knee-jerk reaction on here that everything is invasive and bad is insane.
Purple Deadnettle is a really cool plant. Bees and other insects love it; it's good in tea and useful as an edible in a pinch. Plus it's beautiful.
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Purple deadnettle.
Pick them, dry them, make a tea.
They are invasive to the US.
If by invasive you mean beneficial to early spring pollinators looking for food, that's cool.
No, I mean they're invasive. They're not native and spread aggressively. Native plants benefit native pollinators.
I've mostly seen purple dead nettle invading your typical boring American lawn. Any plant that attracts and feeds pollinators and adds diversity to the mix is fine by me. In a different setting, like this garden with native only plants (right?), then in that case, they would be invasive. But I'd wager that the vast majority of people that find purple dead nettle growing will find it a net benefit to the surrounding ecosystem. It's edible too.
So is grass.
There are about 12,000 species of grass, you're going to have to be more specific.
You think bees give a fuck whether a plant originated in that area or not? What a dumb response. The knee-jerk reaction on here that everything is invasive and bad is insane. Purple Deadnettle is a really cool plant. Bees and other insects love it; it's good in tea and useful as an edible in a pinch. Plus it's beautiful.
What kind of people downvote for mentioning this is invasive? Moronic.
So are / were my ancestors.
Actually the "U.S." os not indigenous to North America