{"product_id":"stachys-byzantina-silver-carpet-2-litre-pot","title":"Stachys byzantina Silver Carpet 2 Litre Pot","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"251\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"251\"\u003eStachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ – A Soft Silver Groundcover Perennial\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"759\"\u003eStachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ is a low-growing, mat-forming perennial prized for its \u003cstrong data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"380\"\u003edense, velvety silver-grey foliage\u003c\/strong\u003e. Unlike traditional lamb’s ear varieties, ‘Silver Carpet’ is grown primarily for its foliage rather than flowers, forming a neat, weed-suppressing carpet that adds texture, brightness, and contrast to borders, rock gardens, and dry planting schemes. 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