- Botanical name: Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet'
- Common name: Lambs' ears
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Plant Type: Perennial
Silver
- Key features:
- Dramatic foliage
Lambs’ ears, Stachys byzantina, is a well-known ground-covering perennial, grown for its soft, woolly foliage. Plants are particularly attractive to the solitary wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, which cards the fine hairs from the leaves to use as nesting material.
Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ has oval, woolly, grey leaves, but differs from other stachys types in that it rarely flowers. It’s evergreen, which makes it an extremely useful front-of-border, mat-forming plant for year-round interest.
Grow Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ in moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Once established it’s reasonably drought-tolerant, so will be happy in a dry, sunny site, or gravel garden. To propagate, divide plants as soon as growth starts in spring.
How to grow Stachys 'Silver Carpet'
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Plant size
15cm height
60cm spread
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Aspect
South facing, west facing
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Position in border
Front
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Hardiness: Hardy
- Soil type: Well drained / light / sandy
Plant calendar
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Plant |
J
Do not Plant in January |
F
Do not Plant in February |
M
Do not Plant in March |
A
Do not Plant in April |
M
Do Plant in May |
J
Do Plant in June |
J
Do Plant in July |
A
Do Plant in August |
S
Do Plant in September |
O
Do not Plant in October |
N
Do not Plant in November |
D
Do not Plant in December |
| Divide | ||||||||||||
| Divide |
J
Do not Divide in January |
F
Do not Divide in February |
M
Do Divide in March |
A
Do not Divide in April |
M
Do not Divide in May |
J
Do not Divide in June |
J
Do not Divide in July |
A
Do not Divide in August |
S
Do not Divide in September |
O
Do not Divide in October |
N
Do not Divide in November |
D
Do not Divide in December |
Stachys 'Silver Carpet' and wildlife
Stachys 'Silver Carpet' has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Stachys 'Silver Carpet' poisonous?
Stachys 'Silver Carpet' has no toxic effects reported.
No reported toxicity to Birds
No reported toxicity to Cats
No reported toxicity to Dogs
No reported toxicity to Horses
No reported toxicity to Livestock
No reported toxicity to People
