Stachys officinalis 'Pink Cotton Candy' PPAF (20)ct Flat
Common name: Alpine Betony, Wood Betony.
Zone 4 to 8.
Full sun to part shade.
Plants reach 24 inches tall and 16 to 20 inches wide, clump-forming perennial.
Growth rate: Moderate.
'Pink Cotton Candy' looks much like 'Hummelo', but produces plump wands of cotton candy pink flowers in early to midsummer. The plant formed a tidy clump of green, basal foliage and topped with lots of showy, bi-colored light and dark pink flower spikes. The foliage looked great all season long.
Stachys grows best in full sun but will also tolerate partial shade. Good drainage is essential for this plant. Plants may be clipped back hard immediately after blooming, to tidy up the clumps for the rest of the season. Divide every 3 to 4 years in spring, or more frequently if plants become woody in the center.
A 2009 introduction, 'Pink Cotton Candy' arose as an open-pollinated seedling found in 2003 among the betonies under evaluation by Richard Hawke of the Chicago Botanic Garden. This genus contains many members with foliage and plant habits completely different from the common gray-leafed (and somewhat invasive) Lamb�??s Ears.
Attributes: Border plants, Container, Cut flower or foliage, Mass Planting. Deer and Rabbit resistant. |
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