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Ornamental Plants plus Version 2.0 - 00001396
01/01/98

Stachys byzantina--Lamb's-ears

Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8                                     
Height: 15 in   Spread: 18 in                               
Type: herbaceous perennial                                  
Flowers: Pink                                               

Comments: Lamb's-ears is grown for its woolly, gray         
foliage rather than its flowers.  The flowers are produced  
from mid- to late summer, however, they are not ornamental  
and some of the cultivars do not flower.  The plant grows   
best in a sunny site that has well-drained soil.  The       
clumps grow slowly and eventually become bare in the        
middle and so need to be rejuvenated by division.           

Propagation: Seeds or division.                             

Cultivars:                                                  
   'Big Ears' - The leaves are up to two times larger than  
     those of the species.                                  
   'Helene von Stein' - A non-flowering form with larger    
     leaves.                                                
   'Silver Carpet' - A non-flowering cultivar with silvery  
     foliage.                                               

References for Cultivars: Walters Gardens 1997, Wayside     
Gardens 1996, .                                             

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