My son went with me one day to a garden tour this summer and one of his favorite's was the lambs ears. It wasn't blooming at the time. But we absolutely loved touching it! Today at Lowes I got some shrubs and perennials and bulbs and one of the plants was Lambs ears (okay, I bought 2). He got home from school and saw it planted right away.

If it gets touched too much, will it die?

You can touch it all you want. I've never cut off the flowers but I'll bet it won't hurt the plant. The bees love it.

I got some seeds in a recent trade. I'm very excited about having it. I'm wondering if it would do ok in a pot.

It's OK to touch Lamb's Ears...my kids touch it all the time and it's fine. I usually leave one or two blooms and cut the rest off. Lamb's Ear is quite easy to grow from seed. I grow it in my seed bed but I have learned (the hard way!) no to move it when it's too small.

Brady won't be excited about that - that it is a bee magnet - he's terrified of them! Maybe I will have to cut them off. Thanks!

Patty M, my mother got rid of hers because of the bees. So far I haven't had enough bees to be a bother but I don't have mine in a place that I walk through a lot.

TK, I've never seen it in a pot but I know you're gonna try it. You'll have to let us know how it works out.

Hi Sheri,

I promise to let you know how it goes. You know I always right everything down in my journal in garden chat anyway lol.

Patty, I grow a non-flowering type of Lambs Ear, Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet' that could solve the Bee problem. Lambs Ear Info

The starter plant was given to me by a friend years ago and I've never seen it in any of the nurseries, big box stores, etc. I only keep it around just for the velvety stroking sensation cuz it's sure a pain in the rear to keep looking nice. Needs lots of attention to picking off the dead leaves. Tends to be a cool season plant here so you should have good luck with it there.

Oh Rosie - that would be perfect! I'll have to find one. Thanks!

Give it plenty of room, too, becasue it likes to spread. I ended up digging mine completely up and tossing it because it was taking over the bed.

My lamb's ear really took over a space and I had to dig a lot of it up and cut it back to keep it in control. I use it as ground cover and cut the flowers off which helps keep it under control too. It loves full sun and thrives during a drought so don't overwater it. If you do, the bottom leaves will get soggy. Just pull those away and it will be fine again.