| Description | The name "Lamb's Ears" comes form the soft woolly texture of the leaves. A pettable plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (STAY-kis)((by-zan-TEEN-A) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | Full sun is best to produce the silvery white color and wooliness of the leaves, plants in shade will have a greenish ting |
| Moisture | average. tolerates some dryness once established |
| Soil & Site | average, rots in poorly drained wet soils |
| Flowers | 1/2" purplish-pink corollas are found on 6 inches spikes, flowers are not real showy and many gardeners dead head the plants |
| Leaves | leaves are tomentose (woolly), white to silvery gray |
| Stems | woolly stems |
| Dimensions | 12-15 inches tall, space 12-16 inches on center |
| Maintenance | cut off flower stalks, remove dead foliage in late summer, will reseed and spread, deer resistant |
| Propagation | very easy from division, seeds |
| Native Site | Native to Iran |
| Misc Facts | (syn, S. lanata, S. olympica) |
| Author's Notes | I have seen large ground cover commercial plantings of this plant and they can be impressive if properly maintained. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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