Verbascum lychnitis
(White Mullein)
Family - Scrophulariaceae
Category - Biennial
Origin - Europe, Western Asia
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1m
Width - 60cm
Location - The House Border, The Terrace
Description: A herbaceous Biennial with an upright, columnar habit. Grey-green leaves are oblong to ovate in shape. The leaves are held in basal rosettes with smaller leaves on the flowering stems. Small, creamy-white flowers are saucer-shaped, each Bloom with a central cluster of pale yellow stamens. The flowers are held in dense, branched spikes and produced from mid to late summer. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Flower:
Creamy-white flowers are saucer-shaped, usually with five petals. Each bloom has a central cluster of pale yellow stamens. The flowers are held in dense, branched spikes and are produced in July and August.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers in spikes
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Grey-green leaves are oblong to ovate in shape. The leaves are held in basal rosettes with smaller leaves Alternately arranged up the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen
Foliage Shape: Oblong to ovate
Propagation:
Seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture retentive soil that is well drained.