Stachys heraclea
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Stachys heraclea is a perennial herbaceous plant that prefers sunny sites and comes from open habitats, commonly growing in meadows and grasslands. It favors full sun but can also tolerate partial sun.
🌡️ Temperature 5–35°C
Stachys heraclea can tolerate a wide range of temperatures, but its distribution may nevertheless be restricted by different combinations of moisture and heat. It grows best in warm summer conditions with sufficient rainfall or watering. Extended periods of cloudy, rainy weather and prolonged high temperatures can raise the chance of Stachys heraclea dying. In winter, appropriate protection from cold can increase the plant's survival rate.
💨 Humidity
🪴 Soil 6-8
🌱 Fertilizer
Usually a single fertilizer application in spring is enough for Stachys heraclea, though additional feedings can maximize its growth. Apply fertilizer about once every month to a month and a half. Fertilization improves leaf appearance and function, maintaining even color and a healthy texture. It also encourages root development and nutrient uptake, supporting long-term plant health.
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Stachys
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 5-9
- Mature Height
- 30 cm to 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 30 cm to 46 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Gray
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Pink
- Flower Size
- 1.02 cm to 2.03 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Early fall
- Native Area
- Italy, Spain, France