Stachys byzantina Silky Fleece

An excellent ground cover and weed suppressor for the front of a border.   Dense cushions of white furry foliage are topped by a succession of lilac-plum flower spikes.

Never the star, but an essential workhorse of a planting scheme.

Companion plants:  Alchemilla mollis, Calamintha Blue/White Cloud, Nepeta Felix, Stipa tenuissima, Sedums, Erigeron, Agapanthus, Dianthus, Geraniums, Eryngiums, Geums, Lilium pricei, Catananche, Salvia patens.