| Scientific Name: | Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears' |
| Common Name: | woolly betony, giant lamb's ears |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Container planting, Ground cover, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Tomentose, Elliptic, Oblong, Spatulate, Ciliate, Crenate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Purple, Pink, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves are large and green that look silvery-white from the dense, furry hair that covers them, and are very soft to touch. | |