Stachys macrantha 'Superba'
(Betony 'Superba')
Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 60cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The Cool Garden
Description: A clump-forming Perennial with an upright habit. Large, dark green leaves are broadly ovate to heart-shaped with scalloped margins and are held in basal rosettes. Smaller leaves are held in opposite pairs up the flowering stems. Hooded, trumpet-shaped flowers are bright, violet-pink and streaked with purple on the lower petals. The flowers are produced in whorled spikes from early summer into early autumn. Attractive to bees and butterflies.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Hooded, trumpet-shaped flowers are bright violet-pink and streaked with purple on the lower petals. The flowers are produced in whorled spikes from June into September.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Trumpet-shaped flowers in spikes
Flowering time: June, July, August, September
Foliage:
Broadly ovate to heart-shaped leaves are dark green with Crenate margins and have a wrinkled texture. The largest leaves are held in basal rosettes and smaller stem leaves are held in opposite pairs up the square stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Broadly ovate to cordate
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.