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Woolly hedgenettle (Lamb's Ears)
Woolly lambs ear (woolly betony, woundwort) - Stachys byzantina = Stachys lanata = Stachys olympica.
Decoration for any composition!
Perennial rhizome plant 30-40 cm high with decorative silvery winter leaves from the Lamiaceae family.
Homeland: Caucasus.
Flowers from pink to purple colour, collected in capitate inflorescences.
Natural flowering period: July - September. Flowering lasts 2-3 weeks.
Stachys develops better in open sunny places, grows especially well on loose soils with a small content of plant humus.
Winter hardiness zones: Z4 - Z7.
Seeds are sown before winter or in spring in open ground or in seed boxes. 1,0 g = 580 seeds.
The seedlings are pricked out at a distance of 5-8 cm. They are planted in a permanent place the following spring, keeping 15-20 cm between the plants. The plants are decorative with spectacular leaves with a silvery hue, they can serve as a decoration for any plantings of perennials and annuals.
It is used in mixed plantings with other perennials, on rocky areas, in borders, which are especially effective during the flowering period.
Decoration for any composition!
Perennial rhizome plant 30-40 cm high with decorative silvery winter leaves from the Lamiaceae family.
Homeland: Caucasus.
Flowers from pink to purple colour, collected in capitate inflorescences.
Natural flowering period: July - September. Flowering lasts 2-3 weeks.
Stachys develops better in open sunny places, grows especially well on loose soils with a small content of plant humus.
Winter hardiness zones: Z4 - Z7.
Seeds are sown before winter or in spring in open ground or in seed boxes. 1,0 g = 580 seeds.
The seedlings are pricked out at a distance of 5-8 cm. They are planted in a permanent place the following spring, keeping 15-20 cm between the plants. The plants are decorative with spectacular leaves with a silvery hue, they can serve as a decoration for any plantings of perennials and annuals.
It is used in mixed plantings with other perennials, on rocky areas, in borders, which are especially effective during the flowering period.
Woolly hedgenettle, woolly lambs ear, lambs tails, lambs tongue, woolly betony, woundwort. Bot. syn.: Stachys lanata Jacq., Stachys olympica Poir.
* Stachys requires normal care, it can grow in any soil (without over-watering). It will show all its splendor in a spacious sunny place. It is winter-hardy, it is watered moderately, under the root, since its leaves are pubescent, velvety. If stachys is grown only to create a bright border, then the emerging flower stalks should be removed. If you want to see flowering, then an open place is desirable. At the end of flowering, do not forget to cut the flower stalks as low as possible and remove some of the lower large leaves so that the plant can quickly acquire a lush appearance. Do not wait for the seeds to appear (if the plant is in a visible place, this will be especially noticeable), as this will negatively affect the appearance of the lower part of the plant.
Stachys has another good feature: its pleasant to the touch leaves have an equally pleasant smell, similar to the aroma of wild strawberries.
