{"title":"Stachys","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"stachys-byzantina-big-ears","title":"Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears'","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew plants earn their place in a garden quite as effortlessly as \u003cem\u003eStachys byzantina\u003c\/em\u003e 'Big Ears'. Named for its remarkably large, softly felted leaves, this is a plant you'll want to reach out and touch — the silver-white foliage has an almost woolly texture that catches the light beautifully and provides year-round interest as an evergreen ground cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough summer, furry spikes of small purple-pink flowers rise above the foliage, attracting bees and adding a gentle vertical note. But it's the leaves that steal the show, smothering the ground with a luminous silver carpet that suppresses weeds and sets off neighbouring plants to perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaturally at home in a cottage or informal garden, 'Big Ears' is equally at ease edging a path, softening the front of a sunny border, or planted beneath roses to conceal their bare stems. Once established it becomes genuinely drought tolerant, making it an excellent choice for gravel gardens too. Grow in full sun in well-drained, reasonably fertile soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt combines beautifully with \u003cem\u003eRosa\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSalvia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAllium\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGeranium\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHeight × Spread: 30cm × 50cm\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"3 Litre","offer_id":53626803192150,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"1 Litre","offer_id":52922093502806,"sku":"105780","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/StachysBigEars-1.jpg?v=1774795780"},{"product_id":"stachys-byzantina","title":"Stachys byzantina","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommonly known as Lamb's Ears, \u003cem\u003eStachys byzantina\u003c\/em\u003e forms low-lying, dense rosettes of soft, velvety, silver-grey oval leaves, from which upright, woolly stems rise bearing small, slightly insignificant pink flowers in summer. The whole plant is wonderfully tactile, making it an excellent choice for a sensory garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOften used as ground cover, its dense, spreading rosettes suppress weeds effectively. It also makes a great naturalistic choice for a gravel garden, where it will reseed and gently wander. Once established, it becomes drought tolerant. Capitalise on its silvery colour by combining it with purples, blacks, blues, and strong pinks. It grows best in full sun in any light, free-draining soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight × Spread: 30cm × 60cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"1 Litre","offer_id":53095792968022,"sku":null,"price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 Litre","offer_id":53626800767318,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/Stachysbyzantina-1.jpg?v=1775989386"},{"product_id":"stachys-byzantina-silver-carpet-1","title":"Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet'","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Silver Carpet' forms an ankle-high, spreading sea of furry, silver-grey leaves with few flowers. More intensely silver-white than the species, this very tactile foliage plant makes excellent groundcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigners frequently use it in large drifts on hot, dry, free-draining sites — slopes and banks where it will bulk up quickly. Being small in scale, it also looks very pretty edging a path or planted in a container alongside contrasting neighbours. It dies back slightly in winter but returns strongly in spring, performing best in free-draining, fairly fertile soil that doesn’t sit wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight × Spread: 20cm × 90cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"1 Litre","offer_id":53121502708054,"sku":null,"price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"3 Litre","offer_id":54708684390742,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/Stachysbyzantina_SilverCarpet.jpg?v=1776270709"}],"url":"https:\/\/hardysplants.live\/collections\/stachys.oembed","provider":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}