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Common Mullein
Mullein
Verbascum thapsus

Biennial, common in poor soil, waste places. Although most consider mullein a weed, when given the same care as other garden plants, Mullein will grow to be a very dramatic foliage plant with its silver-gray leaves and its sturdy, towering height.

Mullein

A real bonus is a mullein unfortunate enough to sprout in a small crevice in a rock garden. Stressed and stunted, growing no more than a foot high, it becomes a miniature model of itself. Overcoming such adverse conditions gives the flowers a significance that a normal sized plant does not achieve.


 
by common name


Good self-seeding plant
Mullein
easily spotted along roadsides
Requirements:

Soil Type - Sandy, well drained
Soil pH - Neutral
Water - Tolerates Dry
Light - Full sun

Characteristics:

Height - Up to 6 ft.
Time of Bloom - July - August
Flower colors - Yellow
Propagation - Seed
Transplants - Possible with seedlings
Taproot makes moving older plants difficult