The thought of a yellow Charles Lamb ’ ears ( Stachys byzantina‘Primrose Heron ’ , USDA Hardiness Zones 4 - 8) could make you cringe if you have n’t seen one before . But this jazz group designed by Freeland and Sabrina Tanner in California is proof that a chickenhearted variant of this authoritative ash grey perennial really can work ! Here it ’s commingle with a inscrutable violent ‘ Rose Glow ’ barberry ( Berberis thunbergii‘Rose Glow ’ , zone 5 - 8) , ‘ Butterfly Blue ’ pincushion blossom ( Scabiosa columbaria‘Butterfly Blue ’ , zone 3 - 8) , pink - flowering hardy geranium ( GeraniumXcantabrigiense , Zones 5 - 8) , and the yellow - striped leafage of ‘ Yellow Wave ’ phormium ( Phormium‘Yellow waving ’ , Zones 8 - 11 )
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