Stachys byzantina | Big Ears Selina Lake You can cut the flower

You can cut the flower stems down in autumn or they can also be left on the plant to provide winter interest and birds will feed on the dried flower heads

they also make a great cut flower

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

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

Stachys byzantina | Big Ears Selina Lake You can cut the flowerBig 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