RE: dividing stachys
- Subject: RE: dividing stachys
- From: M* D*
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:49:18 -0700
- Importance: Normal
Connie, no I don't think it is the same. The pictured plant has gold,
rough looking leaves. Not the soft gray fuzzy leaves I described in my last
post. That image appears to be a different subspecies - Ballota nigra ssp.
nigra. Odd, I thought nigra would describe a dark leaf?
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of connie k.hoy
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:22 PM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: dividing stachys
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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