A Tale of Two Stachys

When you think of lamb’s earsyou probably think of softare so different from each other: One is grown for its sprawling gray-green carpet of fuzzy foliage, and the other group is grown for its showy spikes of bright lavender-pink flowers in midsummer. And each has its own best uses in the garden. Let me introduce you to some of my favorite cultivars and show you how to grow lamb’s ears and betonies best.