Stachys Species, Yellow-Flowered Lambs' Ear

Planted in a pot in summer, did great in Arizona mountain heat. Then lived through particularly harsh 3 weeks of cold and ice in December...Read More, then extreme wet in late winter. I think it helped to be in the pot, rather than in the muddy ground.

My neighbor considers this plant to be a weed since it pops up all over her yard & the leaves make it really stand out against the grass....Read More It gets mowed over regularly & always comes back. I dug up several clumps & planted them in my yard in areas where it's free to spread all it wants.

I am in Augusta GA. We had 105 temps here this summer. I have not fertalized the plant. I did not water it except for rain.
The pl...Read Moreant is 4-5 feet high with pikes 12-18 inches tall.
Flowers are yellow.
Collected seed today 8/04, did this by placing pan under bent over spike and tapped the spike till all the seeds were harvested. Then I did the same on the other side of the spike.
From 2 spikes from 1st harvesting I got 1/4- 1/3 cup of tiny seeds. mega thousands of seeds. I am sure I will get another harvest or so. 1 plant has 4 short spikes besides the long 20 inch spike, the shorter spikes are about 4-6 inches tall and pods are not at all dried yet.
The total plant is 6' tall.
Soil is all sand.

Small spreading perennial from Turkey with pale yellowish green leaves. Leaves are downy, slightly toothed and ovate in shape. Bears pa...Read Morele lemon - sulpher coloured flowers up to 1 inch in length in mid summer.

Suitable for gravel beds, dry slopes and rock gardens. Hates winter wet and may be best moved into an alpine house for the winter.