By Nepenthe21
Cornwall,
United Kingdom 
Velvet soft leaves
I would love to know what this plant is. It's leaves feel like velvet, almost furry. Another one know it?
27 Jun, 2015
Answers
Wow that was fast, thanks very much, I'll take a look!
27 Jun, 2015
As above, it does spread a bit though...i've even got some that seeded itself under a huge lime tree...in very dry, total shade conditions.
Bees love it.
27 Jun, 2015
I have this plant and have posted a couple pics. It's called 'lamb's ear.' Yes, velvety soft leaves. It likes hot dry sunny conditions. Slow to spread, easy to control.
27 Jun, 2015
It has rather ugly yellow daily flowers and gets untidy. I heaved mine out.
28 Jun, 2015
That's not this plant Stera, They grow pinkish-purple flower stalks, compact growth habit.
28 Jun, 2015
Oh, I know what you mean now - silly me, should have noticed the shape of the flower stalks.
29 Jun, 2015
It's a Stachys byzantina otherwise known as Lamb's ears. RHS site here:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/search-results?nm=Stachys&op=0
Gardener's World last night had this in huge drifts in a gravel garden, it looked stunning!
27 Jun, 2015