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8-10" tall x 12-15" wide. Stachys lavandulifolius (Pink Cotton Lamb's Ear) is an amazing xeric wildflower that is truly breathtaking in full bloom. Pink Cotton Lambs Ear has attractive low growing gray-green foliage and a profuse display of fuzzy, bright pink flower spikes unlike any you've seen before. They are stacked with woolly calyxes (flower sheaths) that create a halo of pinkish-white fibers through which bright rose-pink blossoms emerge. Catching the late afternoon sun, the flower spikes positively glow with pink! Our selection of Stachys lavandulifolius adapts easily to garden cultivation, is nicely xeric and thrives in a range of soils including dry clay. It is an excellent choice for hot, harsh, poor soil sites and is highly resistant to browsing animals once established. Deadhead promptly after flowering is done to keep the plant tidy and the foliage looking good. (Cutting propagated.)
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Overall rating: 4.5454545 / 5 from 11 reviews.
Review topics: ["look","texture","plant","flowers","fall","blossoms","leaves"].
"Purchased 3 a year ago. Spread and flowered nicely in year two. Great texture. I paired it with Greek Yarrow whose white tiny blossoms contrast nicely with the fuzzy pink spires. In my hellstrip. Can take a beating sun-wise. Needs little to no water."
"This was one of the very first plants that I bought from this nursery, seven or eight years ago. It's had good years, it's had bad years. It had the year that it was buried by roadbase and gravel during a landscaping snafu. Sometimes it flowers more than other years, but it never dies! In our alkaline, poor soil, freezing and then roasting, high desert, unirrigated yard full of gophers, deer, Antelope squirrels, and neglect, that's saying something! I have come to love these soft, unassuming leaves, and flowers."
"I got some healthy plants and put them in the ground last fall. This spring they looked good and they now have a lot of pretty blooms but the plant really flops over. I don't know how to make the blooms stand up. It's a beautiful bloom and the plant is nice and hardy but it looks like a mess at the front of my border."
"Use as an underplanting for larger plants or shrubs, it will cover a large area and is not invasive like standard Lambs ears."
"This is a really unique plant - it's definitely not a tidy plant but adds a lot of interest whether or not it's blooming. The leaves are narrow and have an interesting texture. The flower spikes have fuzzy gray growth around little pink flowers, so even after the flowers are gone they look cool"
"I planted this little gem 6 years ago in my xeric hellstrip, which gets watered only a few times a year. It was a little slow to get started, but this spring it's about 2 feet across. It pairs beautiful w the wooly Veronica at its feet, and later in the season is surrounded by various penstemons and sages. I've never seen this plant anywhere but HCG! Everyone wants to bend over and touch it."
"Has done super well in my drip irrigated yard at 5500' in the Salt Lake City area. It lived two years in a pot with minimal love before I got it in the ground! I water once a week at most in the heat of the summer in late June through and mid-August - less in late spring and early fall. Cool texture when done blooming!"
"I love this little thing. It's the only one of my plants from last year that didn't die. It rained without stopping through April and May, then was suddenly 100 degrees in June with only one rainstorm for the rest of the summer. So, rather ridiculous weather. But the lamb's ear hung in there, and it was much bigger when it came back this year. It's so soft and delicate looking, but a tough little kid. Definitely recommended."
"Since it has only been in the ground for about 7 months I only had one flower spike this spring, but it is already about 12"" in diameter and I think I'll have many more blooms to come. I have to say, however, it is not pink as noted, it's a beautiful lavender."
"I am loving this plant, and it gets more impressive every year. It's a great ground cover that has slowly been spreading in a garden with Greek and Serbian yarrow, delosperma, and agastache. I'm growing it in a clay loam with very little extra water in zone 5/6 with about 12-15"" of precipitation per year with pea gravel mulch. The flowers are a lovely color, and the fuzzy look of the plants is unique and it looks especially great when back-lit with late-day sun. Along with delosperma, it's becoming one of my go-to groundcovers for all my gardens. Pollinating insects also seem to love it."
