Family: lamiaceae
Common name(s): lamb's ear
Synonym(s): Stachys lanata Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 3~5 - 7~10
General resources
Links for Stachys byzantina
- Asianflora - Plant photos. (2 photos)
- BBC Gardening - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo). Also pages for 'Big Ears' and 'Silver Carpet'.
- Central Texas Gardener - Plant of the week profile with photo and cultural information. (1 photo)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 4-10) (36 photos)
- Denver Botanic Gardens - Description, native range, and cultural requirements. (additional pages for other varieties) (zone 4) (8 photos)
- Digging Dog Nursery: Stachys byzantina 'Helen von Stein' - Catalog page with descriptive information (additional pages for other varieties) (zone 4)
- Floridata - Illustrated informative profile page with notes on culture, usage, and noteworthy features. (zone 4-7) (3 photos)
- Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile (5 varieties in database) (31 photos)
- Heritage Perennials: Stachys byzantina Big Ears - Profile with description and horticultural details. (additional pages for other varieties) (zone 3-9) (1 photo)
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 4-8) (3 photos). Also pages for 'Big Ears', 'Cotton Boll', 'Fuzzy Wuzzy', 'Primrose Heron', 'Silky Fleece', 'Silver Carpet', and 'Striped Phantom'.
- Missouri Plants - Description and photographs of botanical features, with notes about habitat and native status. (4 photos)
- North Carolina State University factsheet - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 4-9a) (10 photos)
- Ontario Rock Garden Society - Germination information
- Paghat's Garden - Illustrated articles by a gardener in the Pacific Northwest, with background and personal observations.
- Plant Delights Nursery - Catalog page with photo, horticultural basics, and descriptive blurb. (additional pages for other varieties) (1 photo)
- Rob's Plants - Plant profile with basic horticultural information and often personal observations. (3 photos)
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