Stachys byzantina | Big Ears Selina Lake so here at Puriri Lane

so here at Puriri Lane @ Addenbrooke we have quite a selection

Perennial | Hardy | Maybe semi evergreen in cooler climates

deep dramatic claret/burgundy coloured flowers with a dark throat in a similar shape to a foxglove

grass-like foliage

from The Netherlands' counterculture and nascent green movement of the 1960s

Stachys byzantina | Big Ears Selina Lake so here at Puriri LaneBig 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