Re: Stachys lanata/Lambs Ear

I dont have too much info on them but would love to share my
experience......found one quite by accident in a chain nursery store.,...it
looked almost dead, but the few leaves it had on it were just like a baby
goats ear(we raise goats), I didn't even know what it was called and
neither did the employees.....so they sold it to me for $1.00.....brought
it home, brown and ugly with a few beautiful leaves, trimmed it up, planted
it by my Hostas, gets a little early morning sun, and partial shade/shade
the rest of the day.......this year it is beautiful and sending up those
tall spikes, which I am assuming means its going to bloom, and it has
nearly doubled in size from last year.....I plan on cutting it for more
plants after it blooms.......I just love it.
Lynette Kirchner
Indiana

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> >It makes a wonderful border as it grows to about 8" tall.
> >The flowers spike up to about a foot tall.
> >
> >Sandy,
> >         Your letter certainly did help. We also thought it was
beautiful to
> >the touch as well as sight. Although you wrote about flowers, we did
> >not know that the plant bloomed. What is it supposed to look like? Have
you
> >ever transplanted it? Does it go easy or kicking and screaming all the
way?
> >I know I said she has them growing in her yard, but she just bought the
house
> >and things are growing and blooming all around her, somethings that she
> >is unfamilar with. Thank you so much.
> >Carolann
> >
> Carolann,
> 
> The plant sends out runners with roots on them over the ground, sort of
> like an ivy. You can dig up a section, cut it from the other runners and
> plant it. As long as it's watered often and has sun for part of the day,
it
> should transplant with no problem. When it's getting ready to flower, it
> sends up shoots from the center of a leaf cluster. The shoots are covered
> with small lavender flowers. Some folks don't like the blooms much. They
> are not very showy and sometimes they flop over. I leave mine, but I'm
sure
> you can cut them off if you don't like them. Good luck with your new
> charges.
> 
> Sandy in KY (zone 6)
> 
> 
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