🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🥕 Nettles (Stinging)
Urtica dioica
vegetables
Perennial
Urticaceae
☀️ Sun
Partial Shade to Full Sun
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
3-10
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Rich, moist
🚿 Drainage
Moist
📏 Spacing
18-24 in
📐 Height
36-72 in
🤝 Companions (2)
🤝 Fruit Trees
Nettle patch near orchard increases biodiversity
🤝 Tomato
Nettle tea spray strengthens tomatoes against disease
⚠️ Keep Apart (3)
⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees
📝 Growing Notes
Most nutritious green in temperate world. Cooking destroys the sting. Excellent fertilizer tea. Butterfly host plant.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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