Category: Vegetables

glyphosate. For areas that are too heavily overgrown with stinging nettles to be tackled by hand, spray with a systemic weedkiller containing glyphosate, such as Roundup Ultra. Glyphosate is a non-selective systemic weedkiller that will kill any plant it touches, so protect nearby plants with plastic sheeting before spraying. How do you permanently get rid […]

dioica (European stinging nettle), from Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, has stinging hairs. What countries have stinging nettles? Stinging nettle is distributed nearly worldwide but is especially common in Europe, North America, North Africa, and parts of Asia. The plant is common in herbal medicine, and young leaves can be cooked and eaten as a […]

Where Stinging Nettle is Located. Nettles occur in all parts of New York, but are most common in riparian areas, along stream banks and also in disturbed areas especially farmland. In hot areas, they favor sites in partial shade, but will grow in full sun in moist soils along streams or in ditches. Where are […]

Yellow admiral butterfly numbers have fallen with the decline of stinging nettles. Brush against them and you’ll get a painful sting, but nettles are a gourmet delight for yellow and red admiral butterfly caterpillars. Do nettles sting butterflies? Stinging nettles will attract five colourful species of butterfly but you need to manage the area so […]

Two subspecies, American stinging nettle and hoary nettle, are native; the third subspecies in North America, European stinging nettle, was introduced in the mid-1800’s. American stinging nettle and hoary nettle are predominantly monoecious whereas European stinging nettle is typically dioecious. Where did stinging nettles come from? Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and […]

‘Nettles are the food plant for the caterpillars of red admiral, small tortoiseshell, painted lady and comma butterflies. ‘It’s important to treat your nettles like any other garden plant if you are growing for the benefit of butterflies. Cut them regularly to get good fresh growth from the nettles. ‘ Do nettles sting butterflies? Stinging […]

We have two native species of nettle in the British Isles, the common nettle Urtica dioica L. (Figure 1) which has two (some authorities list more) subspecies: ssp. dioica the widespread and often very abundant stinging nettle with which we are all familiar and ssp. When did nettles come to UK? 2004Nettles are interesting for […]

Many common garden butterflies, such as the Red Admiral, Comma and Small Tortoiseshell, lay eggs on stinging nettles, but other butterflies breed on more garden-worthy plants. When should you not pick nettles? Nettles are best when very tender, so pick them in the spring when the nettles are just coming up or later in the […]

Urtica incisa, commonly called scrub nettle, stinging nettle, and tall nettle, is an upright perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of eastern and southern Australia, from the north–east southwards through the east, of Queensland and New South Wales, then across the south, through Victoria, Tasmania, south- How do you treat nettle stings in Australia? […]

A very common plant, the stinging nettle can be found growing in gardens, hedgerows, fields, woodlands and many other habitats. Its preference for damp, fertile and disturbed ground makes it a good coloniser of places enriched by human activities, such as agriculture and development. Where does nettle grow in the US? Where Stinging Nettle is […]

‘Nettles may be found by feeling for them in the darkest night’. They are recognised as being a rich source of vitamin C and contain more iron than spinach. Information on Common Nettle. Common Name: Common Nettle Irish Name: Neantóg Family Group: Urticaceae Distribution: View Map (Courtesy of the BSBI) Where do nettles come from? […]