Rosettes of silver, greyish white leaves provide an attractive, weed suppressing carpet for much of the year. This variety of lamb's ears rarely flowers and is an excellent, drought-tolerant groundcover or edging plant for a well-drained site in full sun. The foliage is a more intense shade of silver than flowering varieties of the plant.
How to care for Stachys byzantina Silver Carpet:
Avoid excessive winter wet and lift and divide large clumps in early spring.
Eventual height:
0.2m
Eventual spread:
0.45m
Position:
Full sun
Rate of growth:
Average
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness:
Fully hardy
- This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.
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Achillea 'Terracotta'
yarrow
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