Re: dividing stachys
- Subject: Re: dividing stachys
- From: c* k*
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:21:51 -0600
http://ifdf.free.fr/containers/thumb/ballotnigranigra_fam.htm
Hi Marilyn,found this image,is it like what you have?
C....
Marilyn Dube wrote:
> Hi all you Stachys Admirers,
> I have a suggestion for a plant that is similar in appearance to Lamb's
> Ear, but doesn't travel or lean/tilt when in bloom. It is Ballota nigra.
> This plant has a nice silvery gray fuzzy leaf (smaller leaves and shorter
> fuzz than Stachys) and the same fuzzy "pipe cleaner" stems. The bloom stems
> are similar in appearance with little button-like lavender flowers. The big
> difference is the overall form of the plant. It makes a nice round clump
> about 12-18" tall (not in bloom) by ~2 ft around. Mine is in a dry rockery
> in full west exposure and has never done any self sowing (although the
> Verbascum chauxii & Lavenders nearby sow lavishly). A nice "pettable"
> perennial. I have searched, but can't find an image of it on the web. -----
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