Botanical name | Stachys byzantina (S. lanata) |
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Plant Care | Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day. Frost Hardy Frost Hardy – Can Handle frost without damage. Low Watering Low Watering – Requires Little Water. Non Indigenous Non Indigenous – Exotic to South Africa. |
Categories | |
Flowers | Bears purple flower. |
Common name(s) | Lamb's ears, Stachys |
Origin | |
Foliage | Plant has soft, woolly-looking, silvery-white foliage. |
Interesting info | Also available in a lime-green. |
Other languages | Teebos (A) |
Stachys byzantina (S. lanata) (Lamb's ears, Stachys)
- Botanical name: Stachys byzantina (S. lanata)
- Common name(s): Lamb's ears, Stachys
- Categories: Ground Covers and Perennials
Plant description:
Purple flowers are very much a bonus with this soft, woolly-looking, silvery-white ground cover, which is frost and drought resistant. Also in a lime-green form. Local Stachys species, such as S. aurea, S. cuneata and S. rugosa, do well in dry areas.
Synonym: – Stachys lanata
Botanical Pronunciation: STAY-kiss biz-un-TYE-nuh.
Stachys byzantina (S. lanata) requirements and features
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Requires moderate maintenance.
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Bears purple flower.
Plant has soft, woolly-looking, silvery-white foliage.