Stachys byzantina | Big Ears Selina Lake Once flowers have finished normally

Once flowers have finished normally by mid-summer

The little Aster that is actually a Solidago or Goldenrod

Perennial | Hardy | Maybe semi evergreen in cooler climates

and also think bunches of seed heads look great in a vase

Stachys byzantina | Big Ears Selina Lake Once flowers have finished normallyBig Ears is a beautiful and outstanding stachys variety that has much broader and bigger leaves, the leaves are also not as heavily felted so the leaves have a less "frosty dusted" look to them. The leaves are a velvety silver grey green. The flower spikes which appear on squared stems are taller and a mauvey colour, but this variety seldom blooms and we are yet to see a flower on ours but love the colour and the larger leaves, and the fact that it