Lambs Ear
Stachys byzantina
HOW TO GROW LAMBS EAR
Direct sow in autumn or in the spring after last frost. May also start in cold frame 6–8 weeks before last frost and plant out. Grows as prostrate ground cover the first year and eventually grows a flowering column the second or third year. Easy to grow, requires little care. Does not like heat and humidity. Divide once established after 2–3 years. May self-seed around your garden. Surface sow, press into soil, do not cover. Soil pH 5.8–7.2. Hardiness zones 4–10. Perennial.
Usual seed life: 2–3 years.
Planting Depth surface requires light
Soil Temp. Germ. 65–70˚F
Days to Germ. 21–35
Plant Spacing 1’
Row Spacing 18”
Days To Maturity 1 year
Full Sun, Moist Well Drained Soil
Usual seed life: 2–3 years.
Planting Depth surface requires light
Soil Temp. Germ. 65–70˚F
Days to Germ. 21–35
Plant Spacing 1’
Row Spacing 18”
Days To Maturity 1 year
Full Sun, Moist Well Drained Soil
- 100 Seeds$4.10
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Frost hardy evergreen perennial with beautiful wooly tongue shaped leaves. A favorite plant of kids, soft as a lamb’s ear. Tea of fresh leaves is pleasingly tannic like green tea. The essential oil of the flowering aerial parts are antibacterial to Candida strains, especially C. glabrata is inhibited at a concentrat...
Frost hardy evergreen perennial with beautiful wooly tongue shaped leaves. A favorite plant of kids, soft as a lamb’s ear. Tea of fresh leaves is pleasingly tannic like green tea. The essential oil of the flowering aerial parts are antibacterial to Candida strains, especially C. glabrata is inhibited at a concentration of 0.078 mg/ml of the oil as reported in the Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2012. Long been used for dressing wounds. Also known as Woolly Betony, Stachys lanata, Stachys olympica and as a woundwort.
Native to Turkey, Armenia and Iran. Stachys is the Greek word for spike, describing the plant’s form of flowering.
Native to Turkey, Armenia and Iran. Stachys is the Greek word for spike, describing the plant’s form of flowering.
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