Re: Verbascum Question


The pictures of the flowers I've seen look identical, but that may be mis-identification or not.  However, while reading descriptions, Digging Dog says that V. nigrum 'Album':
"The large basal leaves are coarse, deep green and textured. Their undulating margins, and often their stems, are tinted a deep burgundy color."
As to V. chaixii 'Album', MOBOT doesn't mention any burgundy coloring in the stem:
‘Album’ is a white-flowered cultivar of the species. It is an erect, clump-forming plant that forms a large basal rosette (to 1.5’ wide) of woolly, ovate-oblong, long-stalked, gray-green leaves (to 10” long)....Stem leaves are narrow, stalkless and much smaller."
 
Neither reference discussed both plants, but both are good, dependable sources.
 
Kitty
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Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:22 AM
Subject: Verbascum Question

Can anyone describe the difference between  Verbascum chiaxii 'Album' and  Verbascum nigrum 'Album' ?
 
Thanks in advance!   
 
Annie
Sunset Zone 17 / USDA zone 10A
 
 


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