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Stachys byzantina |
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| Common name |
lamb's ear |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
purple |
| Size |
6" (18" in flower) |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
average garden soil. drought-tolerant |
This silver-green leafed plant produces tall flower spikes with purple flowers mid-summer; smelling faintly of bubble gum. Leaves are fuzzy, easily divided.
A real kid pleaser, and even I can't help but reach down every once in a while. In Pennsylvania, we always grew the straight species, which self-seeded reliably (somewhat abundantly, even) and became a bit ratty-looking after flowering. Wishing to establish this garden favorite in our new Texas garden, we found that nurseries only offer 'Helen von Stein', a non-flowering cultivar. So that's what we got – it will have a neater appearance, but we'll miss those bubblegum flowers.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Betony | Dec 11, 2008 | Woo! I was named after a plant |
| wyatt | Jul 11, 2013 | when is a good time to transplant this stuff?
Like with most other perennials, transplanting is best done in spring or early fall. |
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