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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 18-24 inches
Plant Spread: 24 inches
Leaves: Other: Soft to the touch.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Two-toned light and dark pink.
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Needs specific temperature: 70F
Days to germinate: 21-35
Depth to plant seed: Surface sow.
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow late winter, 8-10 weeks before last frost. Transplant in the Spring. Pinch back when transplanting. Space 16" apart. Self seeds & spreads by roots.
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP21436

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Common names
  • Wood Betony
  • Betony
  • Lamb's Ear
  • Bishopswort
  • Lousewort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Betonica officinalis
  • Synonym: Stachys officinalis

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Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2016-06-22
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Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2016-06-22
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Location: Silver Spring, MD
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-06-18
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-10-02
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Comments:
  • Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 1, 2014 6:03 PM concerning plant:
    Stachys officinalis reportedly attracts a beneficial insect which feeds on aphids: the hoverfly.
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