The plant commonly identified as lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina) can be a controversial choice for your garden. This native of Turkey is treasured for it silver, gray wooly foliage and tall stalks of ...

So what did they do before the Sears Catalog hung in every outhouse in America? Supplying the "necessary" isn't talked about much, but there is botany at the very heart of this certain small ...

I’ve always been a sucker for silver foliage. So naturally, lamb’s ears Stachys byzantina is one of my all-time favorite perennials. Available in many forms, including nearly flowerless “Silver Carpet ...

Dear Carol: We have a lamb's-ears plant about 3 feet in diameter, is about three years old and very healthy. The flower stalks were just beautiful. I went online to bunch of sites. Many of them gave ...

What’s soft, fuzzy, and silvery grey-green? The answer is one of the best herbaceous perennial secrets around for your garden; lamb’s ears. If you are looking for texture and diversity for your garden ...

Just now this lovely little plant is in full flower and looking quietly resplendent. It is not like a camellia or a rhododendron that catches the eye, but it is a valuable garden plant nonetheless.

Q: I am about to rip out my lambs' ears because I am tired of them dying. Right now, they are more dead than alive and just seem to rot in our heat and humidity – and this year in our monsoon-like ...

Grown principally for its woolly leaves, lamb's ear makes a mat of new white silver leaves in spring and, in mid-summer, the flower spikes are produced. These are woolly too, with rounded whorls of ...

A: If Ellie is referring to Stachys byzantine, the usual plant named lamb’s ears, it is an attractive, fuzzy leafed hardy perennial. It is beautiful when newly sprouted but often becomes damp, moldy ...