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Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’
Silver Carpet Lamb’s Ear
Height: 12"
Spread: 18-30"
Zone: 4
Foliage: woolly gray-green
Bloom Months: ***
Flowers: none
Light Requirement: full sun
Soft woolly leaves add texture
and color to the perennial garden.
Best in full sun and well-drained, dry soil.
5355
Stachys byzantina ‘Big Ears’
Big Ears
Lamb’s Ear
Spread: 18-30"
Zone: 4
Foliage: large woolly
Bloom Month: ***
Flowers: insignificant
Light Requirement: full sun
Soft wooly leaves are larger
than 'Silver Carpet'.
Best in full sun and well-drained, dry soil.
5383
Stachys byzantina ‘Silky Fleece’
Silky Fleece
Lamb’s Ear
Spread: 4"
Zone: 4
Foliage: small woolly-white
Bloom Month: ***
Flowers: lilac
Light Requirement: full sun
A dwarf Lamb's Ear, with smaller wooly-white foliage.
Produces lilac-colored blooms early summer.
4403
Stachys mac. ‘Morning Blush’
Morning Blush Stachys
Spread: 16"
Zone: 3
Foliage: dark green basal foliage
Bloom Month: ***
Flowers: tubular white blooms, blushed w/pink
Light Requirement: full sun
Tubular blooms are white, blushed with pink, and are produced on 16" stems
above dark green basal foliage. Floriferous and heat and drought tolerant.
Grows to 16". Full sun to partial shade.
5558
Stachys minima
Dwarf Betony
Height: 6-8"
Spread: 8-12"
Zone: 4
Foliage: deep green
Flowers: purple
Light Requirement: full sun or partial shade
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A unique and quite charming low-to-the-ground species first forming a ground-hugging rosette of large and crinkly leaves. In early summer it bears upright stems that hold chubby spikes of magenta-purple flowers. A nice addition to the landscape. A completely different Stachys than Lamb's Ear. |
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Stachys monnieri ‘Hummelo’
Hummelo
Common Betony
Height: 20"
Spread: 24"
Zone: 4
Foliage: green
Bloom Months: 6-7
Flower: pink
Light Requirements: full sun
This cultivar has bright green,
crinkled leaves and spikes
of rose-pink flowers for a long period in early summer.
A completely different Stachys than Lamb's Ear.
5674
