Traditionally, for the first columns of the New Year I like to honor the plants that have been named by specific industry association board members as being noteworthy. This year the Perennial Plant ...

You don't have to travel to a remote Amazon rainforest to discover a new species of plant. Researchers have uncovered a rare hedge-nettle just 50 miles from Charleston, and they named it Stachys ...

I’ve always been a sucker for silver foliage. So naturally, lamb’s ears Stachys byzantina is one of my all-time favorite perennials. Available in many forms, including nearly flowerless “Silver Carpet ...

Arboretum Spotlight: Hidalgo stachys has felt-like leaves and smells like 7-Up. It's another water-wise addition to Sacramento gardens recommended by the UC Davis Arboretum. Ellen Zagory This is part ...

Stachys byzantina, or Lamb’s Ears, as it is commonly known, is classified as an herbaceous perennial. The botanical name, “Stachys,” a Greek word meaning “an ear of grain,” refers to the shape of the ...

Every year a new plant catches everyone’s attention, and this year the gardening buzz is all about Stachys “Bello Grigio.” The foliage of this unique lambs’ ears (Stachys byzantine) relative is so ...

When you see Lamb’s Ear in a garden, it’s hard to resists reaching down and stroking the wonderfully soft, velvety leaves that are covered with gray or silver-white silky hairs. Lamb’s Ear, also known ...

An easy-to-grow-and-care-for perennial is Stachys Big Ears (Stachys byzantine ‘Big Ears’). Its form is a mounding rosette, with leaves growing from a central point. This groundcover has obovate leaves ...

The Perennial Plant Association has selected Stachys “Hummelo”as the 2019 Perennial Plant of the Year. Sometimes called betony, this well-behaved perennial offers a neat basal clump of glossy, dark ...