False Nettle Starter Live Plant | Boehmeria cylindrica | Native Butterfly Host

About This Plant

False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) is a hardy North American native perennial grown as a greenhouse-started live plant. It features lush green foliage and upright stems, flowering with small greenish-white clusters from summer into early fall. It serves as a host plant for butterflies, including Red Admiral and Question Mark, and tolerates moist, fertile, well-drained soils in partial to full shade.

What You Will Receive

1 healthy, greenhouse-grown False Nettle starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 False Nettle Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Native butterfly host plant
• Host plant for Red Admiral and Question Mark butterflies
• Textured green foliage
• Small greenish-white flower clusters
• Blooms from summer into early fall
• Ideal for woodland and rain gardens
• Provides habitat for beneficial insects
• Moisture tolerant and easy to grow
• Low-maintenance native perennial
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Boehmeria cylindrica
• Common Name: False Nettle
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Partial shade to full shade
• Growing Media: Moist, fertile, well-draining soil
• Water: Keep evenly moist, especially during establishment
• Humidity: Adaptable
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 3–9
• Mature Size: Approximately 2–4 feet tall and 1–3 feet wide

🌼 Perfect For

• Butterfly Gardens
• Native Plant Gardens
• Woodland Gardens
• Rain Gardens
• Stream Banks
• Naturalized Landscapes
• Habitat Restoration
• Gifts for Nature Lovers

Live Plant Notice

Live plants naturally vary in size, shape, foliage, and appearance. Depending on the season and shipping conditions, plants may arrive dormant, leafless, pruned, bare root, or show minor shipping stress such as wilting or leaf loss.

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