The English Cottage Garden Nursery
Cottage Garden Plants, Wildflowers, Herbs, Seeds, Meadow Seed Mixes and Native Hedging

Herons, Giggers Green Road, Aldington, Kent, TN25 7BU
Tel/Fax: 01233 720907

www.englishplants.co.uk
www.wildflowers-and-meadows.co.uk
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LAMBS' EARS (STACHYS BYZANTINE)

Perennial cottage garden flower with pink flowers and silvery woolly leaves, which have an apple scent. Grows to about 2 ft (60 cm) and can spread rapidly. Also known as Woolly Hedgenettle. Bee plant. Was used during the American Civil War to bandage soldiers' wounds.

Drought-tolerant. Doesn't mind clay soil. Trim back in spring. Cut spent flowerheads to keep tidy.


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