Botanical Name: Stachys byzantina
Common Name: Lamb's ears
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape sprawling herbaceous plant with soft, thick, wooly leaves; makes a coarse textured, floppy mound of foliage
Height to 18"
Spread 2-3'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor prefers full sun - tolerates light shade
Soil tolerates most soils with good drainage
Hardiness hardy – all zones (frost damages leaves)
 
Morphology:
Leaves to 4" long, alternate – cuneate/spoon shaped densely white-tomentose on stems and leaves
Flowers small spikes of pink/purple flowers, each 1/2" long, spring or summer
Fruit 4-chambered capsule
 
Propagation:
division, seed
 
Usage:
excellent facer material in sunny flower beds – used for contrast with darker foliage – good groundcover under high-branching trees
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes regular watering to get established-tolerates drought when established
Fertilizing slow release fertilizer when planted
Pruning remove dead leaves – cut back in early spring
Pests/Diseases root rot when drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other plant may die back during winter
 
Origin: Turkey/ Southwest Asia
Family: Lamiaceae

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