Silver Carpet Lamb's Ear
Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet'
Description | An improved selection over the original garden favorite with dense, silver-white, woolly foliage. Garden visitors will enjoy the soft feel of the foliage. An excellent low-maintenance, non-flowering option for edging a path, or as a low border planting. An herbaceous perennial. |
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Light | Full sun, Partial sun |
Watering | Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry. |
Blooms | Prized for foliage. |
Mature Size | Quickly reaches 12 in. tall, gradually spreading to form a dense mat. |
Deciduous/Evergreen | Herbaceous |
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Special Features | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Waterwise, Fast Growing |
Problems/Solutions | Coastal Exposure, Deer Resistant, Erosion Control, Rabbit Resistant |
Growth Rate | Fast |
Growth Habit | Spreading |
Landscape Use | Border, Ground Cover, Edging |
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Design Ideas | Use lamb's ear at the front of the border spreader, both perennial and dryland palettes. Makes a soft collar around the base of bird bath or sun dial. Stuff into pockets in crumbling stone walls and rock garden embankments. Use as a foliage contrast groundcover for fine textured grasses and sedges or burgundy leafed perennials. Popular for edging flagstone walks to integrate the entire length. |
Foliage Color | Silver-blue |
Companion Plants | Catmint (Nepeta); Yarrow (Achillea); Salvia (Salvia); Sedum (Sedum); Russian Sage (Perovskia); Gayfeather (Liatris) |
Care | Provide average, moist, well-drained soil. Water deeply, regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system; once established, looks best with light, regular moisture, but tolerates drier soils. Control weeds until the plants have filled in. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer. |
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Lore | Lamb's ear is named for the soft fluffy foliage in the shape and color of the animal's. |
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This Plant's Growing Zones: 4-8
Your USDA Cold Hardiness Zone: 9
Your climate may be too warm for this plant
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Lowe's 2501 Elysian Fields Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70117-7937 -
Lowe's 121 Jefferson Highway
Jefferson, Louisiana 70121 -
Perino's Garden Center & Landscape 3100 Veterans Memorial Blvd.
Metairie, Louisiana 70002
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