Stachys byzantina syn S. lanata

Botanical Name:

Common Name:

Lambs ear

Family:

Lamiaceae

Description:

A low spreading evergreen perennial groundcover, its distinctive feature are the soft woolly light grey leaves.

Flowers are seen in mid summer on tall spikes with small purple flowers and a few reduced leaves.

Native to Turkey, Armenia and Iran.

Tolearant of frosts and coastal conditions, prefers full sun to part shade and a free draining soil.

Ht: up to 1m x .5m wide

Uses:

Suited to beds and boarders, cottage and informal gardens, can be used for garden edging, gravel, ground cover kids gardens and under planting

Propagation:

by division

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