Silver Carpet Lamb's Ear is a delicate fine-textured perennial grown for its soft velvety silvery leaves that form a mat above the ground. Rarely flowers. Grows best with afternoon shade in southern climates and dry to medium well-drained soils. Drought tolerant.
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- 0.5' |
Spread: |
0.5’ - 1.5' |
Spacing: |
1' |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
4 - 9 |
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N/A |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Susceptible to leaf spot and root rot in humid areas or overly moist soils; do not overwater. It can be an aggressive spreader in ideal conditions.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Xeriscape, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Periwinkle, Bugleweed, Sweet Woodruff
IMAGES: Plenuska, Der Woll-Ziest, Wollziest 'Silver Carpet', Eselsohren, lat. Stachys byzantina 07, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Stachys byzantina Silver Carpet 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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