The Balm-Leaved Red Deadnettle is generally referred to by its shorter Latin name: Lamium orvala. I have several in the garden though this year they have been rather swamped by surrounding plants. They are suited to partial shade so that doesn't seem to have affected them. This handsome member of the Deadnettle family from central eastern Europe is worthy of a place in any garden.

 The flowers are reminiscent of two lips with a lurid tongue. Indeed the family Lamicacae is also referred to as Labiatae (labia being the Latin word for lips). The tongue is a pattern that guides pollinators into the flower in search of pollen and nectar.