Comments on: Edible & Medicinal Ornamental Herb: Lamb’s Ear

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:06:53 +0000

chicken snacks too…

By: Jonathan Espalin

Jonathan Espalin — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:06:52 +0000

it's good for chicken snacks, too. I just throw them my prunings, and sometimes they manage to grab some under the fence line.

By: Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life

Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:48:32 +0000

Except in exceptionally hot wet conditions, I manage to grow it in a drier, well drained spot in my SE QLD garden.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:47:27 +0000

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to tolerate the heat and humidity up here in sunny Queensland. I love this plant!

By: Selina B

Selina B — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 04:37:11 +0000

a beautiful plant, didn't realize it had so many uses, i tried to get it to grow twice here, have since given up, too hot & dry
thanx for sharing

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 04:37:11 +0000

Very nice. Sounds like you've made a peaceful interesting life with your family. I too grow Lambs Ear, at the moment it's frozen til spring. 😉 Be well.

By: Jean Belstead

Jean Belstead — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 04:37:11 +0000

I did not realise lamb's ear had medicinal purposes … I'll be doing more than petting mine from now on!

By: Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life

Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 02:50:54 +0000

Yes – the bees love it!

By: Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life

Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 02:42:11 +0000

Hello Pamela, Thank you for your feedback. Information about this plant, beyond describing it as an ornamental is difficult to come by. A lot of the knowledge I have about plants has come to me via the old oral traditions, passed on by people from many cultures. I know people who eat it and eat it myself. As with many of the perennial leafy greens in my garden, I collect a leaf of this and a leaf of that – rather than a whole plate of Lamb's Ears for example. I have managed to find a couple of references to the young leaves being edible but these are also more sharing of experience, and in Brazil it being dipped in batter and cooked (a type of poor man's fish I suppose, a little like many people did with comfrey leaves too). In Brazil it is called Lambari leaf. https://come-se.blogspot.com.au/2008/11/stachys-lanata-ou-orelhas-de-coelho-ou.html. It'd be great to find a conclusive scientifically written text so that I can share that too. Please let me know if you ever find one. Kind regards, Morag

By: Pamela Melcher

Pamela Melcher — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 02:35:35 +0000

I have always found the information that you share to be accurate and I appreciate that. It is so important not to be misleading about whether or not a plant is edible. I am curious about your source of information about lamb’s ear’s edibility. I checked Plants for a Future, which I trust for accuracy, and they do not say that it is edible. http://www.pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx…. Thank you for your many valuable posts with simple, practical suggestions. I learn a lot from you.