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n. - Large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs.

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  • I am loving that Stachys, it was used in Chicago at the Lurie too.
  • I love the Nasella tenuissima and Stachys byzantina, they really light up the garden.
  • Stachys and Nigella were among the plantings, brought from our gardens in Northeast Tennessee.
  • Should it be necessary for any reason to clear the ground, the Stachys must be covered with soil.
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