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groundcover layer
lamb's ear
stachys byzantina
silver felted leaves you can't stop touching, spreading into a soft drought-proof mat, with woolly flower-spikes that the specialist wool-carder bee harvests for its nest.
functions
ground coverpollinator forageinsectary
light
full sun
moisture
dry
soil
poor, sharp-draining
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grower's notes
memberspropagation, guild role, and deeper ecology for lamb's ear — the members' view.
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relationships — grows well with
lavenderlavandula angustifolia→winter thymethymus vulgaris→sea hollyeryngium planum→catmintnepeta ×faassenii→
see lamb's ear on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around lamb's ear
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- groundcover
- lamb's ear — the anchor
- herbaceous
- lavenderwinter thymesea hollycatmint