Lamb's Ears Live Bare Root Starter Plants – Perennial – Stachys byzantina

Add soft texture and silvery foliage to your garden with Lamb's Ears (Stachys byzantina). This hardy perennial is well known for its velvety, woolly leaves that resemble a lamb's ear, making it a favorite for borders, rock gardens, cottage gardens, and sensory gardens for children.

This listing includes live bare root starter plants ready for planting. Lamb's Ears forms attractive clumps of fuzzy silver-green foliage and produces spikes of small purple to pink flowers during the growing season. It performs best in full sun to partial shade with well-drained soil and is valued for its drought tolerance once established.

Plant Condition Disclosure:

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice:

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

If there is an issue with your order, contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide:

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without required photos may not be eligible for review.

Claims submitted more than 48 hours after delivery will be considered accepted as received and may not be eligible for replacement or refund.

• Includes live bare root Lamb's Ears starter plants
• Botanical name: Stachys byzantina
• Soft, fuzzy silver-green foliage with ornamental appeal
• Hardy perennial for borders, cottage gardens, and rock gardens
• Produces purple to pink flower spikes during the growing season
• Prefers full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil
• Suitable for sensory gardens and ornamental landscapes

🧾 MATERIALS:

• Live bare root Lamb's Ears starter plant(s)
• Natural plant material
• Protective packaging

📋 ATTRIBUTES:

Common Name: Lamb's Ears
Scientific Name: Stachys byzantina
Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Life Cycle: Perennial
Flower/Fruit Color: Purple to Pink Flowers / Silvery Green Foliage
Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: Well-drained soil
Water: Low to Moderate
USDA Zone: 4–8