False Nettle Plants (Boehmeria cylindrica)

Name: False Nettle Plants (Boehmeria cylindrica)
SKU: falsenettleplant
Price: 9.75 USD
Availability: InStock

$9.75

Plant Name:False Nettle
(Boehmeria cylindrica)

Quick Info: Red Admiral, Question Mark, Eastern Comma butterfly host plant, herbaceous, perennial, clumping

91 in stock

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Native in: al, az, ar, ca, ct, de, fl, ga, il, in, ia, ks, ky, la, me, md, ma, mi, mn, ms, mo, ne, nh, nj, nm, ny, nc, oh, ok, pa, ri, sc, sd, tn, tx, ut, vt, va, wv, wi,

SKU: falsenettleplant Category: Butterfly Host Plants Tags: clumping, Container Gardening, Eastern Comma, Easy Perennials, Full Sun, Native, Partial Sun/Partial Shade, Perennial, Perennial Plant, Question Mark, Red Admiral, Zone 10, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9

False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) Quick Facts:

Host plant to Red Admiral, Question Mark, and the Eastern Comma butterflies

false nettle native range — Boehmeria cylindrica Native Plant Range USDA, NRCS. 2016. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov)

Perennial

Native in most of US, excluding northwest

Hardy in zones 4-10

Sunny with partial shade

Moist soil

2-4 feet tall

Space a few feet apart

Propagate from cuttings or from seed

Growth is slow in the beginning, then accelerates

False Nettle Plants for your Butterfly Garden

Our native False Nettle plants (Boehmeria cylindrica), as with all of our plants, are grown specifically to be safe for butterflies/caterpillars. You can start feeding caterpillars right away. False Nettle is in the same family as stinging nettle but without any sting.

Red Admiral butterflies, Question Mark butterflies, and Eastern Comma butterflies will all use this plant as their host plant to feed their caterpillars.

These plants are in a 3 1/2″ pot and are ready to go in the ground or be potted into a larger container.