Common Name: lambs' ears
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Zone: 4 to 8
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Darlene Hurley
Location: Milwaukee, WI
You are gonna love it--started with a tiny piece and have great results. Hardy enough with added compo in our clay soils--must remember to start newer plants every 3-4 years (remember this is a perennial). Excellent around trees, and those hot summertime edging along sidewalks as well as great for color contrast and gardening convesations. Loved by the masses of people who stop by for both flowers and leaves (great for both fresh and dry floral arangements, and yes a great introduction for children into gardening with those extra soft leaves-like a baby lamb's ear, and the flower which when the seeds begin to dry-make for a great rattle). Draw back-is touchy on extablishing-surface grown style planting; remember to cover with compo and in more severe weather over winter add a light layer of mulch. Origianlly planted the first lamb's ear back in 1989--and today it still continues to mulitply on and on and on.......
Laurie Christensen
Location: Drummonds, TN USA
This is in the category of what I like to call a 'pass it on' plant. What a wonderful, easy to grow and lovely plant. I live about 18 miles north of Memphis, TN and we have hot, humid summers. Just a few sprigs from a church bazaar last Spring over quadrupled in one year and now I have beautiful large mounds of plants to divide and share. Keep the leaves that wither and die trimmed off and the plant will continue to look nice but I did that on a sporadic basis and the plants did fine--it's not a 'have to do' like deadheading. Plants take a beating in my full sun yard throughout the summer, but these lamb's ears did great--I kept them watered regularly and that was supplemented with rain. I like Ms. Hurley's idea of planting them around trees since they are shallow rooted and should not harm the surface tree roots. Good luck!
ncal
Location: Folsom, CA, USA
Wants cooler site in northern California, though it will survive in the sun with supplemental water. Easily survives with winter rain only in part shade; thrives and spreads better.