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Category: Flowering Plants: Perennials for Sun: Mid-Season: Short (Less than 18")
Status: Finished
Initial Notes:
Height: 12"
Spacing: 12"
Light: Full sun
Hardiness: Zones 4-8
Source: Park Seed
Pronunciation: STACK-iss
Number of Plants: 24
This cultivar is a clump-forming perennial with whorls of violet-purple, two-lipped, tubular flowers bloom in upright spikes in late spring. Basal rosettes of wrinkled, heart-shaped, hairy, scallop-edged, medium green leaves (to 3.5" long) form an attractive mat of foliage. It more closely resembles some of the salvias (particularly when in flower) than the popular, fuzzy-leaved Stachys byzantina.
Entries and Updates
Feb 15, 2001
Sowed today.
Feb 23, 2001
Germinated; moved under lights.
Feb 26, 2001
Managed to tip over the flat, and may have lost most of the seedlings. Will let them recover for a few days and then see what happens.
Mar 6, 2001
Still not germinating well. Will continue to monitor for another week or so. Watered/fertilized (liquid seaweed) along with eveything else in flat.
Mar 31, 2001
Moved to refrigerator. Will remove in two weeks and place on bottom heat.
Mar 31, 2001
Removed from refrigerator and placed on bottom heat.
May 31, 2001
Never germinated. I don't know if the seeds were dislodged and lost when the tray was tipped, or if it was a lack of careful watching on my part, but they were a bust. Will try again next year, when (I hope) I have rose bushes to set them out under.
